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[News] Governments Talk About Open Source and Implement OpenDocument Format Policies

  • Subject: [News] Governments Talk About Open Source and Implement OpenDocument Format Policies
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:35:26 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
U.S. Department of Defense announces open-source conference

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| It wasn't very long ago that open-source developers struggled to make the 
| market believe that open source was secure, ready for prime-time adoption, 
| etc. Now the debate has shifted to demonstrating just how widespread adoption 
| is and and pointing to case studies of how to get the most from open source.   
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9815890-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog

SA government gets serious about ODF

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| A week before the workshop the South African government became the latest 
| country in the world to adopt the OpenDocument Format (ODF) as a government 
| standard for information exchange.   
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1879


Related and recent:

South Africas Open Source Software Market Builds on the Government’s Adoption
of FOSS Policy

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| While the South African open source software (OSS) market is still in its 
| development stage, the recent decision by the South African Government to 
| adopt a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) policy is a significant boost 
| for the industry.   
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http://www.frost.com/prod/servlet/press-release.pag?docid=110730017


Federal Government Votes for Open Source

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| The Federal Open Source Alliance, an organization devoted to open source 
| education, today announced the results of its “Federal Open Source 
| Referendum” study, the first annual report designed to identify current open 
| source adoption rates and trends in the Federal market.    
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/071101/20071101005877.html?.v=1


Defense procurement ill-suited for open source

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| In order to fully take advantage of open-source software, Defense Department 
| agencies may need to rethink how they do procurement, said Fritz Schulz, who 
| works in the chief technology office of the Defense Information Systems 
| Agency.   
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http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/45376-1.html


New South African Open Source Software Market Report Examines the Extent of OSS
Applications in the Country

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| This Frost & Sullivan research service titled South African Open Source 
| Software Market examines the extent of OSS applications in the country. The 
| study examines market drivers and restraints and details the expected trends 
| for the next two to six years. An analysis of key competitors provides the 
| reader with in-depth market information.    
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http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/811851/

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