Here in the states we are coming up on a very important election - the election of the President of the United States. And I would be remiss if I did not address this topic in a blog dedicated to the topic of open source.
Read more »The most important open source system: Voting
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Open-source software gets a plug from Congress
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IT’S RARE TO see a concept as technical as open-source software in a federal funding bill. But the House’s proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (H.R. 5658) (GCN.com, Quickfind 1209) includes language that calls for military services to consider open-source software when procuring manned or unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Norwegians leave their Standards Body in protest
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13 members of the TC in Norway has left their Standards Body in protest. They say that the Standards Body has lost its credibility in the IT area. Remember that Standards Norway was voting Yes with the support of only 2 companies (Microsoft and Statoil), and against the will of the rest of the technical committee.
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Momentum behind ODF in government grows
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As South Africa prepares to host the second annual ODF conference next week, momentum behind the Open Document Format appears to be growing stronger.
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Open-source resource for government launches online
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The Free and Open Source Software Foundation for Africa has launched the online Government Open Source Software Resource Center.
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OpenOffice.org Breaks Records Everywhere
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All around the world, it seems, people just can't get enough of this amazing free office suite, which is now turning in serious market shares in some countries.
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UK government to spy on phone, email, browsing, of entire population
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RMS: « The Clown regime openly wants total surveillance of communication and web browsing for the entire population of the UK. »
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NSA: Open source provides extreme security at lower cost
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In one of the biggest testaments yet of open source's security credentials, and of its ability to deliver security at lower cost, the US National Security Agency (NSA) has turned to open source to create part of the Tokeneer System.
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Pressure in Sweden to Move to Free Software
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A Swedish parliamentary representative proposes requiring the use of Free software
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Venezuela Gets It
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No matter what else you may think of Hugo Chávez (probably bad if you get your information from the U.S. mainstream media, probably good if you get it elsewhere), it appears that Chávez and Venezuela understand both education and Linux.
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Pentagon: Open source good to go
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Military IT folks wondering if their use of Apache, Perl, Linux and other open source software is copacetic with the brass will soon get some answers from the Defense Department's Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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Open Source in Education
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The very limited use of FOSS in the UK’s education sector has long been a source of much puzzlement and even anger - from this side of the IT divide at least.
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How Linux Can Help Reduce Poverty
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There is a popular saying that goes like; “Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to use a cheap Linux powered computer and you have fed him for a lifetime” (something to that effect).
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How Linux Helped 5 Poverty-Stricken Governments
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Imagine you are the minister of education of an impoverished country, with a limited budget to improve your schooling system.
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NSW considers giving students Linux laptops
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NSW secondary school students could be issued with $56 million worth of Linux-based laptops as part of Kevin Rudd's digital education revolution.
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