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[News] Free Software as Policy is Taking Over

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The open-source mandates are coming

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| Next phase? We're already there, too. It's called open source, and it forces 
| software vendors to provide ongoing value to justify CIOs spending money with 
| them. Red Hat has led this shift, but it's a movement that is accelerating as 
| open source permeates all areas of the software stack, from applications like 
| Openbravo (ERP) and MindTouch (collaboration) to core infrastructure like 
| Lucid Imagination (search) and MySQL (database).     
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10157924-16.html


Yesterday:

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| A good news for the open source scene. Two great events are running -or going
| to run- this month in the Arab region. The first one it’s called the iFoss09
| and it’s currently going on in Damascus, Syria at the SCS Center, Tishreen
| Park in Omaween Square.
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http://mediaoriente.com/2009/02/04/syria-and-lebanon-go-open-source/


Canadian government eyes open source, asks for feedback

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| The Canadian government is looking to shave costs wherever it can and is now
| eyeing open source software as one way to accomplish that goal.
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http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/02/canadian-government-eyes-open-sources-asks-for-feedback.ars
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