Biggest ever Spanish open source agreement signed
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| Alfresco Software and Intecna Soluciones have signed a strategic open source
| software agreement with the government of Andalucia.
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| The project will be the biggest of its kind in Spanish history.
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http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conWebDoc.19054
Recent:
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
Richard Stallman in Madrid: Free as in Freedom
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| Speaking a correct Spanish (although with a bit strange accent), and with a
| good dosis of humour, Richard spoke about “The users and Freedom” at Rafael
| del Pino foundation.
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http://quilombo.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/richard-stallman-en-madrid-free-as-in-freedom-2/
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
Related:
ES: Congress urges government to promote free software
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| An almost unanimous resolution of the Spanish parliament in mid
| December urges the its government to promote free software.
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| The resolution got 299 votes in favour.
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http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/6468/469
Akademy-es 2007 in Zaragoza Spain
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| This past weekend, November 16th through the 18th, Zaragoza Spain was the
| home of Akademy-es 2007. The conference began early Saturday morning and
| finished Monday with a Hackathon.
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http://dot.kde.org/1195751102/
Red Hat Gains Momentum in the Spanish Market
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| Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions,
| today announced that the company has experienced strong growth in
| Spain in recent months, with a substantial increase in the number
| of customers that rely on its open source technology.
|
| [...]
|
| Arsys, a leading Internet service provider in Spain with regional
| presence in France and Portugal, announced its migration to Red
| Hat Enterprise Linux as its main platform to develop and offer
| secure Internet services to its 120,000 customers across Europe
| in September this year.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061206/20061206005177.html?.v=1
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