Red Hat Introduces Asia Pacific-Wide Open Source Initiative
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| Red Hat officially introduced its latest Asia Pacific (AP) initiative, the
| Open Source Collaborative Innovation (OCSI), in Singapore last week, designed
| to advance and build a global open source community for collaboration
| innovation...
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http://www.sda-asia.com/sda/features/psecom,id,1798,nodeid,1,_language,Singapore.html
Security pros release open-source CERT
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| Security pros release open-source CERT
| Red Hat hits back at govt
| Symbian unveils open-source LBS
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http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/software/2008/0804140907.asp?S=Open%20Source&A=LIN&O=FPWW
It's a tough time for Microsoft because governments are moving to Linux.
Several of them at the moment...
Last week:
Venezuela and the Hackers’ Revolution
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| The Third International Forum on Free Knowledge was recently held in
| Maracaibo, Venezuela, bringing together many people interested in the
| development of free software worldwide. One reason Venezuela chose to host
| this event is that, in January 2006, their new free software law came into
| effect, which mandates that all government agencies migrate to free software
| over a two-year period.
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| The Venezuelan revolution is perhaps the first revolution in history saved by
| computer hackers and is one of the reasons the government is so very strong
| on promoting the use of free software, particularly in public administration.
| The Venezuelan government wishes never again to have vital infrastructure
| held hostage or sabotaged by agents of foreign nations.
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http://www.dailyradical.org/knowledge/Venezuela_and_the_Hackers_Revolution
Ecuador migrates to Free Software and Open Standards
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| On April 10, 2008, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa Delgado signed a decree
| ordering that the software used by public administrations in the country be
| free software (and implicitly based on open standards). Fuller story in
| Spanish...
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http://www.digistan.org/forum/t-52909/ecuador-migrates-to-free-software-and-open-standards
EU: Europarlement testing Ubuntu, OpenOffice and Firefox
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| The European Parliament's IT department is testing the use of GNU/Linux
| distribution Ubuntu, OpenOffice, Firefox and other Open Source applications,
| the British MEP James Nicholson explained last week in a letter to Italian
| MEP Marco Cappato.
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http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7565
Is Microsoft Now Banned from EU Contracts?
http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=697&blogid=14
Euro MP thinks Microsoft should be banned from government contracts
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/10/member-eu-parliament-asks
Green MEP says Microsoft should be excluded from EU contract awarding procedure
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/106338/from/rss09
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