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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