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[News] Europe Investigates Free Software Adoption Options

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BE: Information Day on Call 3 of ICT PSP (Policy Support Programme)

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| The ICT Policy Support Programme (or ICT PSP) aims at stimulating innovation 
| and competitiveness through the wider uptake and best use of ICT by citizens, 
| governments and businesses particularly. The approach is based on leveraging 
| innovation in response to growing societal demands. The programme will 
| facilitate the development of lead markets for innovative ICT-based solutions 
| notably in areas of public interest and will open a wide range of new 
| business opportunities in particular for innovative SMEs.      
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http://www.epractice.eu/document/5307

EU: Call for tender – Economic and social impact of software and software-based
services

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| The European Commission has opened a call for tender on “the economic and 
| social impact of Software and software based Services”. The submission  
| deadline is 2 February 2009, at 16:00 CET. 
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| The purpose of the study will be:
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|     * to identify the potential economic and/or social impact of the European 
|     software and services industry on Europe –now and in the future – and the 
|     elements that are determinant for its growth and competitiveness;  
|     * to assess the future market impact and expected market transformation 
|     due to the emerging Internet of Services; 
|     * to derive policy recommendations to remove barriers and foster the 
|     development of the software industry. 
| 
| Most of the current studies of economic and social impact are related to the 
| ICT industry and market in general, but do not identify the software and 
| services specific industry and/or market segments. However, the software and 
| services industry is expected to drive the evolution towards the online 
| service economy.     
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http://www.epractice.eu/document/5341


Recent:

Chocolate coins for EPO cash cow

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| Examiners of the European Patent Office have recently invaded one of the
| secret meetings of the Administrative Council with chocolate coins, pointing
| to the conflict of interests between the National Patent Offices (NPOs) and
| their appetite of "more patents, more money".
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http://stopsoftwarepatents.org/forum/t-105735/chocolate-coins-for-epo-corruption
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