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[News] Governments Increasingly Pressured to Embrace Free Software Rather Than 'Rent' from Abroad

  • Subject: [News] Governments Increasingly Pressured to Embrace Free Software Rather Than 'Rent' from Abroad
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:27:51 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.9
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UN and EU urges legislators to support open source and open standards

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| Times of economic crisis are an opportunity to review our societal models and 
| take advantage of the latest innovation to foster the world economy. This 
| article is an opportunity to remind that EU officials and United Nations 
| share the same vision on the need to favor open source and open standard to 
| foster economic growth and international collaboration.    
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http://www.zeapartners.org/articles/unumerit008

Open-source software would save governments money, advocates say

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| Advocates for open-source software are urging governments to embrace the 
| concept, which they argue will save money, offer more flexibility and create 
| better computer programs by encouraging collaboration.  
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http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/706558


Recent:

BE: Government publishes source code for election software

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| The Belgian government this week has made available to the public the source
| code of the applications used for the regional and European elections held on
| 7 June, Digivote and Jites.
|
| The same software will be used in upcoming elections.
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http://www.osor.eu/news/be-government-publishes-source-code-for-election-software
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