Mondo rescues open source DR
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| Now developed by HP's EMEA open source and Linux professional lead
| Bruno Cornec, Mondo Rescue is available globally under the GNU GPL.
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| Speaking at the linux.conf.au Linux and open source conference in
| Sydney last week, Cornec outlined why he revived the Mondo Rescue
| project because he needed a tool to replicate configurations of
| Linux systems at HP.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;171284887;fp;2;fpid;1
On the issue of /natural/ disasters (humanitarian):
Open-source system helps victims cope with disasters
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| The Sahana Free and Open Source project was built over three
| weeks to help coordinate tsunami relief efforts in Sri Lanka by
| a group of volunteers from the Sri Lankan IT industry, in
| collaboration with IBM.
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http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=42480
Working Linux Emergency Response System
Undermined at Homeland Security by Microsoft Lobbying
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| LAMP is at the heart of Emergency Response Network Systems and is
| saving lives. But recently, Microsoft maneuvered into taking the system
| away from a Free Software vendor.
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http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/57181/
Third World Software Could Have Role in Disaster Relief
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| Version 2, released as free open source software for dealing with
| future disasters, allows the system to run on tablet computers, PDAs,
| mobile telephones and other low bandwidth small screen devices.
| Worthington says the developers are extending the system to help
| developing nations deal with a bird flu outbreak.
|
| [...]
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| Worthington says the biggest barrier to Sahana's adoption is likely to
| be cultural, with western governments still grappling with the concepto
| f adopting open source software, and reticent to adopt software out of
| the third world. But he says a global pandemic would stretch the
| resources of all nations, creating a need for rapid dissemination
| of information and provision of temporary medical facilities -
| conditions similar to those prevailing during a natural disaster.
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http://www.cio.com.au/index.php/id;464014852
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