Sk0t, an ex-administrator of the EliteTorrents BitTorrent tracker is to have his internet connection forcibly monitored by the US Government. If that wasn’t bad enough, the monitoring software is Windows based - which means he is being forced to ditch Linux - or face being barred from the internet.
Read more »BitTorrent Admin Monitored by US Government, Forced to Dump GNU/Linux
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Govt OSS migration will need skills
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Governments looking to migrate to open source software (OSS) will need to ramp up their internal skills base, according to Gartner analyst Andrea Di Maio.
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How public money should not be spent
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The article is in portuguese and is about a decision of the portuguese government to decided to launch a conflict mediation court on Second Life.
It would be interesting if our country had a spectacular justice system that worked.
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Open Tuesday reveals government OSS plan
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Get a chance to meet the man in charge of managing government's free and open source software (FOSS) migration at this month's Open Tuesday event in Joburg. Arno Webb will talk on the opportunities that this migration will open up for those involved in open source.
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UK Government's response to iPlayer e-petition
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The BBC Trust has responsibility for ensuring that the correct degree of scrutiny is given to all proposals from the BBC Executive for new services (such as the iPlayer) and any significant changes to existing services.In the case of the iPlayer, following the consultation, the Trust noted the strong public demand for the service to be available on a variety of operating systems.
Read more »Fraser-Moleketi appointed OSS patron
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Public service and administration minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi has accepted an invitation to become patron of the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA).
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Ubuntu Finland delivered Ubuntu to Finnish parliament representatives
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"...The purpose of this campaign is to make the representatives more aware of free software and its possibilities in schools and in administration...."
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FSFE, Samba: A triumph for freedom of choice and competition
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"Through tactics that successfully derailed antitrust processes in other parts of the world, including the United States, Microsoft has managed to postpone this day for almost a decade. But thanks to the perseverance and excellent work of the European Commission, these tactics have now failed in Europe,"
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Decision on open source in December for Amsterdam Government
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17 September 2007 - All government agencies must change to open source software, the national government says in an action plan presented today. Amsterdam is already testing such software and will decide on whether to renew its Microsoft contract in December.
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Women in the new Web 2.0 political world in Ecuador
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"...Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa pays homage to Max Headroom in a funny, low-budget YouTube clip promoting his new blog; in another video, he asks everyone to use free software. He is encouraging the entire country to start blogging and using social networks and YouTube for the power of collective action.
Read more »Largo still loves Linux
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This small city on Florida's Gulf Coast runs one of the most cost-effective municipal IT departments around. I last wrote about Largo's Linux-based client-server network in 2002. A lot has changed for Largo's computer-using city employees since then, and even more changes are in the works.
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Xena - Software for Digital Preservation
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Xena is free and open source software developed by the National Archives of Australia to aid in the long term preservation of digital records. Xena is an acronym meaning 'Xml Electronic Normalising for Archives'.
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New Partnership Extends Linux Foundation's Work With Japanese Developers
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The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, and the Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA), a Japanese government research institute supporting open source software and IT infrastructure development, today announced the signing of a collaboration agreement.
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WIPO to Host International Conference on IP and the Creative Industries
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The World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) is organizing on October 29 and 30, 2007 at its Geneva headquarters an International Conference on Intellectual Property and the Creative Industries.
Read more »States ask for Microsoft oversight until 2012
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A group of state attorneys general urged a federal judge on Tuesday to hold Microsoft Corp. to a 2002 antitrust settlement another five years so that the company can't stymie embryonic Web 2.0 rivals of its Windows operating system.
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