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Open Source Conference: notes from OpenMind
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| The 5th Openmind conference organized by COSS - the Finnish Centre for Open
| Source Solutions - provided some interesting discussions about how companies,
| governments and individuals across Northern-Europe are using open source.
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http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/10/23/open-source-conference-notes-from-openmind/
Deploying CC+ for the common good: Buy4Commons
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| I think this would be a fantastic service for the commons, and I hope someone
| steps up to provide it. It’s obviously a viable business plan, even if only
| private licenses are sold, but the Buy4Commons option would make the project
| into more than that: a true public service.
|
| The time to step up is now, when the CC+ initiative itself is just catching
| on, and before any preconceptions about the service have been formed in the
| minds of artists or content hosting services.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/deploying_cc_common_good_buy4commons
Recent:
Amazing figures on the open source adoption in Finland
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| In particular, they found that 75% of responding firms use open source
| software in some way. This figure is up from approximately 13% in the year
| 2000, which is a major increase in just a few years
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https://fossbazaar.org/?q=content/amazing-figures-open-source-adoption-finland
Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 90
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| Ubuntu Finland receives award from Finland's Minister of Communications
|
| Ubuntu Finland[1] was awarded Finnish Linux User Group's 2008 award at the HP
| Linux Forum[2], in Helsinki, on 8th of May. The award was received by the
| team contact of Ubuntu Finland, Timo Jyrinki, and was given by the Finland's
| Minister of Communications, Suvi Lindén[3]. The award also included 2000€ in
| cash for Ubuntu Finland's usage.
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https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue90
Related:
Finland's 'Open Source' Electric Car Plan
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| When I think of faraway Finland, I think of long, dark winters, saunas,
| reindeer and Nokia cellular telephones. I don't think of electric cars...
| until now.
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http://www.evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=1419
[Fraud watch?] Prime Minister's former aide arranged Microsoft donation to
Finnish schools
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| Mikko Alkio, the new State Secretary at the Ministry of Employment and the
| Economy, who had previously served as aide to Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen
| (Centre), was a key instigator of a donation from Microsoft of computer
| software to Finnish schools.
| Alkio was still working as manager for information society relations at
| Microsoft a couple of weeks ago when Prime Minister Vanhanen visited the
| United States.
| During his US visit, Vanhanen met with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates,
| who promised Finnish schools a free package of the Windows Live@edu
| service platform.
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http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Prime+Ministers+former+aide+arranged+Microsoft+donation+to+Finnish+schools/1135233671462
'We're Huge in Finland!' Firefox Hits New High as IE7 Lags
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| Mozilla Firefox continued its slow but steady march against the worldwide
| dominance of Microsoft Internet Explorer in 2007. Though the open-source web
| browser continues to sit firmly in second place behind IE, where it's been
| for years, usage of Firefox is still on the rise. The browser is even
| threatening to tip the scales in some European countries -- most likely
| thanks to the rapid internationalization efforts made possible by the
| open-source development model.
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http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/01/firefox-made-wo.html
A Virtual Open Source Center to Nordic Countries
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| The initiative was confirmed during the Norwegian IT-minister Heidi
| Grande Roys' visit in Finland. The leader of COSS, Petri Rasanen,
| stated that the steady operation of COSS is a good base to build
| the international collaboration on, and for example the web site
| of the new center will be based on the COSS portal.
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http://www.swbusiness.fi/portal/news/news_from_software_business_cluster/other_news/?id=18528
Linux-based wireless handheld platform debuts
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| Finland-based Navicron has introduced Linux-based hardware and software
| reference designs for smart wireless devices. Navicron's FusionSoftware stack
| and Freescale-MX31-based FusionPlatform reference hardware are said to be
| designed for smartphones, Internet tablets, automotive computers, and
| machine-to-machine (M2M) equipment.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8449304061.html
Ubuntu Finland delivered Ubuntu to Finnish parliament representatives
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| Ubuntu Finland has sent Ubuntu CDs and information about Ubuntu, Linux and
| free (as in freedom) software to each parliament representative of Finland in
| the beginning of September.
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http://wiki.ubuntu-fi.org/Wiki/Press_release-Ubuntu_CDs_for_Finnish_parliament_representatives
Ministry of Justice of Finland chooses OpenOffice
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| Ministry of Justice of Finland has made the decision to adopt the Open
| Source OpenOffice.org suite as its office software from beginning of 2007.
| Ministry of Justice and its branch of administration will also adopt
| OpenDocument Format standard as the file format for its documents.
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http://marketing.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=24732
2007:2 Migrating a Ministry to OpenOffice.org
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| After the migration, OpenOffice.org will be the primary office
| suite for 8500 persons and Microsoft Office for 1500 persons.
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http://www.om.fi/Etusivu/Julkaisut/Julkaisusarjat/Toimintajahallinto/Toiminnanjahallinnonarkisto/Toimintajahallinto2007/1171362109118
http://tinyurl.com/2g6sjy
Governmental programme boosts open source business in Finland
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| In a bid to get more open source exposure inside the Finish (sic)
| establishment, Tekes (the Funding Agency for Technology and
| Innovation of the Finnish government) launched a national
| development programme for open source business. Programme is carried
| out by COSS, the Finnish Centre for Open Source Software.
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http://opensourceblog.itproportal.com/?p=212
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