PS-OSS : A study about Public Sector involvement in Open Source software
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| As for the impact of FLOSS releases on the economy, neither the “releasers”
| nor the “non-releasers” expect a negative economic impact of public bodies
| releasing their own software as FLOSS. Quite to the contrary, there is some
| confidence that it might have some positive economic impact, if any.
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http://www.zeapartners.org/articles/ps-oss007
Is free and open code a form of infrastructure? How about the humans who write
it?
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| Here in the free software and open source (FOSS) worlds, we're used to
| making, and employing, building materials that are products of human
| mentation.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000298
Other open source news:
Conduct Joins Pentaho Partner Program
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=765430
Zmanda Launches Open Source Backup App for the Enterprise
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| Amanda is nothing new. The freely downloadable software was developed at the
| University of Maryland more than 10 years ago.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/59096.html
Related:
EU report on FLOSS: "FLOSS saves money"
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070112025016466
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