Social Networking Goes Open Source With Insoshi
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| Insoshi is not the first company to release its social networking code.
| Broadband Mechanics has always emphasized the openness of its
| PeopleAggregator platform, and even Ning, the most publicized DIY social
| networking company, will give you the underlying code if you request it.
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/social-networking-goes-open-source-with-insoshi/
Social Networking and Open Source: Cut From the Same Cloth
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| However, social and open source are starting to actually blend -- where
| social networking is beginning to help open source developers, and open
| source is coming into being a critical enabler of the evolving social
| networking era of the Internet.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Social-Networking-and-Open-Source-Cut-From-the-Same-Cloth-62786.html
Recent:
Is Microsoft Now Banned from EU Contracts?
http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=697&blogid=14
Euro MP thinks Microsoft should be banned from government contracts
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/10/member-eu-parliament-asks
Green MEP says Microsoft should be excluded from EU contract awarding procedure
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/106338/from/rss09
EU: Europarlement testing Ubuntu, OpenOffice and Firefox
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| The European Parliament's IT department is testing the use of GNU/Linux
| distribution Ubuntu, OpenOffice, Firefox and other Open Source applications,
| the British MEP James Nicholson explained last week in a letter to Italian
| MEP Marco Cappato.
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http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7565
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