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mySociety: Open democracy, open source
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| About a quarter of one percent. That's the extent to which Tom Steinberg,
| director and co-founder of mySociety.org thinks the UK government has managed
| to embrace the potential of the Internet to re-shape democracy as we
| currently understand it.
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http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open/mySociety-Open-democracy-open-source--/features/111572
Open Source ERP Provider Moves into Manufacturing
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| Open source ERP provider Compiere this week made its first official foray
| into the manufacturing realm, rolling out version 3.1 of its software, with
| new functionality geared specifically to the needs of industrial companies.
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http://www.managingautomation.com/maonline/news/read/Open_Source_ERP_Provider_Moves_into_Manufacturing_32244
Recent:
Liberal Democrats decide to go for Open Source software
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| Rugby based Open Source IT Consultancy credativ has been awarded a contract
| by the Liberal Democrats to provide server migration and support for its IT
| systems that are based on free open source software.
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http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=17334
Democrats can't run Linux
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| THE U.S. Democratic Party has been touting its IT credentials as proof that
| it is a better bet than luddite John McCain who has never turned on a
| computer.
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| However, cracks in the Democrats' veneer have been showing lately, notably
| with the appointment of the technology and privacy anti-Christ Joe Biden as
| vice presidential candidate. It seems the Democrat's open sauce credentials
| are being questioned.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/26/democrats-ban-linux
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