Minister champions open source endeavour
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| Nenna Nwakanma, the chairman of the FOSSFA council executive committee,
| explained that the foundation has a basic strategy plan running up until
| 2009. The plan encompasses 12 themes, four of which were to be focused on
| over the next six months.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1711
Open source in the UK: investigate, approve and ignore
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| The UK's attitude is exemplified by the UK Government's official policy
| towards open source, which takes a typically New Labour 'third way' approach
| that could either be left or right of centre, depending on your point of
| view.
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| The policy was last updated in November 2004 and states that open source
| software should be considered alongside proprietary software with contracts
| awarded on a value-for-money basis.
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http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=7307CBD8-71D8-487B-8589-C5E326D6CA93
Related:
[South African] Government switches to Open Source
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| Cape Town - Cabinet has approved a policy and strategy to implement
| Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in government, government
| communications head Themba Maseko said on Thursday.
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http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?iSectionId=2888&iArticleId=3695987
http://tinyurl.com/2c8lbz
Government backsliding on open source promises
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| The Liberal Democrats have hit out at the government’s failure to use more
| open source software, three years after it pledged to avoid “lock-in” to
| proprietary systems.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/services-sourcing/news/index.cfm?newsid=5081
Westminster eForum to debate open source
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| Representatives of the open source community are to meet senior government
| officials at the Westminster eForum on 12 September to debate the viability
| and economic impact of open source software.
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2198341/parliamentarians-discuss-open
Parliamentarians to discuss Open Source software
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| The economic impact of Open Source software will be discussed with
| parliamentarians and senior government officials on Wednesday 12th September
| at the Westminster eForum, held at the Palace of Westminster. Open Source
| community leaders Alan Cox, developer of the Linux Kernel, and Mark Taylor,
| President of the Open Source Consortium, will contrast the popularity of Open
| Source technologies in industry and with its limited adoption in the public
| sector.
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http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=33556&hilite=
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