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Vancouver becomes role model for open source
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| The lack of open standards is actually one of the largest barriers to open
| source, said Ottawa-based open source activist Russel McOrmond. The only way
| for open data to be useful is if it's released in an open standard, he
| pointed out.
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| What makes the motion so significant is that it recognizes the
| interdependency between data, standards and software, he said. "Recognizing
| that there are interconnections between all three things is great," he said.
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http://www.infoworld.com/t/government-use-it/vancouver-becomes-role-model-open-source-194
Dutch government using Drupal
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| The Dutch government is using Drupal for the website of the State Service for
| Cultural Heritage. The site was built by Cinnamon.
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http://buytaert.net/dutch-government-using-drupal
Recent:
Vancouver enters the age of the open city
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| BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Vancouver endorses the principles of:
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| * Open and Accessible Data - the City of Vancouver will freely share with
| citizens, businesses and other jurisdictions the greatest amount of data
| possible while respecting privacy and security concerns;
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| * Open Standards - the City of Vancouver will move as quickly as possible to
| adopt prevailing open standards for data, documents, maps, and other formats
| of media;
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| * Open Source Software - the City of Vancouver, when replacing existing
| software or considering new applications, will place open source software on
| an equal footing with commercial systems during procurement cycles; and
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http://eaves.ca/2009/05/14/vancouver-enters-the-age-of-the-open-city/
City of Vancouver set to back open source, open standards, open data
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| Mayor Gregor Robertson and Coun. Andrea Reimer want the City of Vancouver to
| support open-source software and open standards.
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http://www.straight.com/article-220944/city-vancouver-set-back-open-source-open-standards-open-data
Cities of Anderlecht, Charleroi and Vorst on the move towards OOo
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| Since end of April, all civil servants of Anderlecht are using OOo. Charleroi
| and Vorst to follow this example.
| http://leo-ooonewsfrombelgium.blogspot.com/
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http://www.kabatology.com/05/16/record-your-skype-calls-on-linux-with-skype-call-recorder/
Dutch plans for Free Technology Education
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| Last Friday, 24th of April, the foundations for vendor independent ICT
| education in the Netherlands were laid down. Initiated by the Free Knowledge
| Institute, Ecabo and Vocational Education centre ROC Mondriaan, more than 20
| representatives from some of the key institutes for VET and Higher education
| (MBO and HBO in Dutch), from government and several companies specialised in
| GNU/Linux certification and training participated in this first meeting.
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http://freeknowledge.eu/vrije_technologie_in_het_beroepsonderwijs
'Open source learning increase in Dutch vocational schools.'
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| The Dutch ministries of Economic Affairs (EZ) and Education, Culture &
| Science (OCW) find it undesirable that students in the secondary vocational
| education system (MBO) are only being taught to use closed software systems
| from a few companies, according to EZ secretary Frank Heemskerk.
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http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2271979/
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