Germany Police Union Wants GNU/Linux
,----[ Quote ]
| The demand of the police union now is to drop the Microsoft-based software
| and to reconsider the usage of free and open source systems instead.
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http://wolfgang.lonien.de/?p=506
Foreign office also. Germany gradually says goodbye to Microsoft. The network
effect makes the defection rate not linear.
Recent:
Open Document Format gains more support
,----[ Quote ]
| The position of the German Foreign Office, as host of the event, was made
| very clear. The Federal Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in his
| opening word, called ODF "a completely open and ISO-standardized format",
| considering it an "excellent basis" for "a free exchange of knowledge and
| information in a time of globalization". The Foreign Office has already
| linked its foreign missions in a network using open-source programs and
| shifted to OpenOffice and Linux operation systems on their laptops and has in
| view to extend this program to all diplomatic workstations by the middle of
| 2008.
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http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number5.21/odf-workshop
Related:
German Universities Tap Novell for Infrastructure Needs
,----[ Quote ]
| The agreement will give 560,000 students and employees across 33 universities
| access to key enterprise management and Linux services from Novell, including
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070828/aqtu041.html?.v=29
Linux employment in German schools rises
,----[ Quote ]
| According to a study of the computer science Dienstleisters DLGI the German
| schools invest into computer science instruction, whereby Linux and
| OpenOffice.org are increasingly used.
|
| The Microsoft monopoly at the schools, which is to be at present about 99%,
| will crumble in the coming two years, found DLGI out in the study. In this
| period new PC systems want to purchase, over 40% also new Office software
| over 50% of the asked schools. Many look actively for alternatives to
| Microsoft.
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http://translate.google.com/translate?sourceid=mozclient&num=50&u=http%3A//www.pro-linux.de/news/2007/11520.html
http://www.pro-linux.de/news/2007/11520.html
Primary school goes Ubuntu
,----[ Quote ]
| I prepared 5 CDs and installed 14 PCs in less than two hours,
| including account setup and Firefox preparation (start page to a
| kids friendly site, Adblock).
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http://www.gadgetguy.de/2007/03/12/primary-school-goes-ubuntu/
Linux and real-time Java power German traffic lights
,----[ Quote ]
| A major European vendor of city-wide traffic management systems is porting
| its flagship traffic light controller to Linux and real-time Java.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2015665496.html
Linux and real-time Java power German traffic lights
,----[ Quote ]
| A major European vendor of city-wide traffic management systems is porting
| its flagship traffic light controller to Linux and real-time Java.
`----
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2015665496.html
German parliament plans to pursue open source strategy further
,----[ Quote ]
| The administration behind the Bundestag has reacted to criticism from
| the Linux Association concerning the call for tenders for an IT
| project.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/88796
LinuxTag: Berlin to make better use of its open-source
,----[ Quote ]
| At the opening of the trade fairs LinuxTag and IT-Profits the
| Senator of Economics of the German federal state of Berlin
| Harald Wolf announced in Berlin on Wednesday that his
| department would from 2008 on be switching to Linux.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/90396/from/rss09
German government plans to use open document formats in its administration
,----[ Quote ]
| In addition, the German government says that its "Advancing
| eGovernment" conference held at the end of February in Berlin
| also provided impetus for greater use of open standards in
| information technology both in industry and in public administration.
| As a result of this conference, the German government plans to
| implement open document formats in its administration.
`----
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/89135/from/rss09
Canonical and NT+C Südwest GmbH Partner to Deliver Ubuntu Certified
Professional Training in Germany
,----[ Quote ]
| "The uptake of Linux in Germany has increased dramatically over the
| past two years. Canonical produces the fastest growing and most
| popular Linux distribution, partnering with them is of great
| importance not only to us, but to German businesses," added Hugo
| Schröer, CEO at NT+C Südwest GmbH.
`----
http://prweb.com/releases/2007/3/prweb513886.htm
City of Munich is looking for additional Linux specialists (technical system
integration)
,----[ Quote ]
| You can join the limux client team! The City of Munich published four
| job vacancies on their official homepage! If you?ve always been a fan
| of the open-source movement, want to take part in an ambitious project
| and be part of a great team and have appropriate knowledge of free
| software generally, as well as Debian GNU/Linux and OpenOffice.org
`----
http://www.marsmenschen.com/index.php/2006/12/22/city-of-munich-is-looking-for-additional-linux-specialists-technical-system-integration/
Firefox, Linux, Mac OSX gaining further momentum, Microsoft losing
marketshare in Germany
,----[ Quote ]
| In Germany, the move away from Microsoft products is gathering more and
| more steam.
|
| The latest browser and OS statistics for SpiegelOnline, one of or maybe
| THE most visited German news website (and one of the major websites
| worldwide according to the Netcraft statistics) is showing the huge
| impact of Firefox on the browser market, and the continuing,
| undamped crumbling of the Internet Explorer dominance.
`----
http://vale.homelinux.net/wordpress/?p=110
German Linux Trade Group to MS: Be Specific About Patents - It's the Law
(in German)
,----[ Quote ]
| "Ballmer's assertion must be viewed as the typical Microsoft approach
| to alienate the market by spreading rumors or threats", said the
| official representative of the Linux related companies in Germany
| in a statement made in Berlin on November 27th 2006. "This is
| obviously part of a PR campaign related to the market launch of
| Windows Vista....If Microsoft cannot show evidence to support
| their claims, then they are outside the boundaries of German
| competition regulations. We call upon Microsoft to either prove
| their case, or to refrain from making such unfounded statements.
| Furthermore, we call upon European Politicians to protect open
| competition in Europe. In particular, small and mid sized companies,
| which form the majority of European Linux service providers, need to
| be protected from tedious legal disputes resulting from pretended
| assertions of Microsoft."
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http://www.linux-verband.de/Home-News-Single-Ansicht.305+M5b33a2bc073.0.html?&tx_ttnews[backPid]=19&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=363
Public sector drives open-source takeup
,----[ Quote ]
| In September, Munich began its migration to Linux on the desktop.
| The city switched the first 100 of its 14,000 PCs from Microsoft's
| Windows operating system and Office applications to Linux and
| OpenOffice.
`----
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/11/15/HNopensourcetakeup_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/11/15/HNopensourcetakeup_1.html
http://tinyurl.com/y5b9qk
Open Source facilitates German world-wide secure network
,----[ Quote ]
| With respect to Open Source, the AA is serious about migrating all
| its Windows desktops to Linux. But before that, and to be independent
| in the long run as well, all the applications that are used
| internally are being rewritten as web-applications.
`----
http://europa.eu.int/idabc/en/document/2204/470
Linux reaches the Italian Parliament
,----[ Quote ]
| As reported by the Italian newspaper Repubblica on July 10th, 2007, a plan
| suggested by the left deputies Pietro Folena and Franco Grillini to migrate
| all the computers of the Parliament from Windows to Linux was approved by the
| Chamber.
|
| The migration will affect about 3500 boxes of the Chamber, both desktops and
| servers, and each Deputy/Party may also ask to migrate his/its (private)
| computers to the Free System.
`----
http://3v1n0.tuxfamily.org/blog/linux-docs/italian-parliament-moves-to-linux/
The French Parliament switches to Ubuntu
,----[ Quote ]
| The French Parliament looks to be the next big Ubuntu switcher according to
| reports. Recently the Parliament produced an official government report
| that recommended the use of free software over proprietary software. The
| switch to free software is expected to provide a substantial savings to the
| tax-payers according to the government study.
`----
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/814
Socialist Party Netherlands wants to abolish Windows monopoly
,----[ Quote ]
| She asked the minister of state if he is prepared to ask the Dutch Rivalry
| Authority NMa (Institution that controls economical abuse, competition etc.)
| to research if Microsoft is in an illegal monopoly position at the moment.
`----
http://mckooiker.byethost5.com/blog/?p=47
Dutch Consumer Association declares war on Vista
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/10/13/dutch_consumer_association_declares_war/
Open source test successful
,----[ Quote ]
| 28 September 2007 - A test with open source software has been successful and
| there are no technical impediments to introducing such software in the entire
| municipal organisation, Amsterdam announced this week at a meeting organised
| by the Ministry of the Interior.
`----
http://www.nieuwsuitamsterdam.nl/English/2007/09/open_source_success.htm
Dutch political party's youth department switching to open source software
,----[ Quote ]
| DWARS, the youth department of Dutch political party GroenLinks, wants open
| source software to be the standard for computers and internet.
`----
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Dutch_politcal_party_s_youth_department_switching_to_open_source_software
Decision on open source in December
,----[ Quote ]
| If the outcome is positive, 10,000 municipality employees will change to open
| source software.
`----
http://www.nieuwsuitamsterdam.nl/English/2007/09/open_source.htm
Netherlands Picks ODF
,----[ Quote ]
| Frank Heemskerk, Minister of Economic Affairs, announced today that ODF will
| be the standard for reading, publishing and the exchange of information for
| all governmental organisations. The deadline is January 2009.
`----
http://gotze.eu/2007/09/netherlands-picks-odf.html
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