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Re: Spain Makes Free Software for Education

On Mar 17, 7:14 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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> ES: Administrations fund open source GIS education tool
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> | The ministry of Education in Valencia, one ofSpain'sautonomous regions and
> | the regional government of La Palma are funding development of Edusig, an
> | open source tool to help teach geography to school children. The application
> | is being hosted on the Osor.eu software development web site since late last
> | month.
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> http://www.osor.eu/news/es-administrations-fund-open-source-gis-educa...
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> Recent:
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> OSOR launch, Open Source World Conference in Malaga,Spain
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> | The OSOR website will be launched in Malaga, at the Open Source World
> | Conference. Xavier Heymans has been invited to present the PloneGov
> | innitiative. PloneGov is a collaborative software ecosystem, where government
> | organizations, non-profits and the private sector work together to share the
> | cost of enhanced capabilities.
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> http://www.zeapartners.org/articles/osor-launch001
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> Viva España Libre!
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> | Most people know that the Estremadura region inSpainis a pacesetter in
> | terms of deploying free software, but here's a handy map that shows how it
> | and everyone else is doing in that country.
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> http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/09/viva-espaa-libre.html
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> ES: Open Source looks to eGovernment
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> | The new action plan gives top priority to ensuring that Open Source users
> | have equal access to eGovernment. Part of that drive will be a series of
> | studies and reports on electronic filing, process improvement, transparency
> | and electronic billing. These will be linked toSpain’s Law on Citizens’
> | Electronic Access to Public Services.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | Currently, CENATIC is working on Open Source applications for XBRL, a
> | language for document exchange between administrations. Its interim
> | conclusion is that there are viable Open Source solutions for financial
> | document exchange between public administrations, small and medium-sized
> | enterprises and the tax and regulatory authorities.
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> http://www.epractice.eu/document/488
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> Open source tour of Europe:Spain
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> | The most famous Spanish Linux open source adoption project has to be
> | Extremadura, which set out in 2002 to rejuvenate its services and boost IT
> | literacy by making free software available to everyone and building a
> | regional intranet.
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> http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/06/27/open-source-tour-o...
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> Biggest ever Spanish open source agreement signed
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> | Alfresco Software and Intecna Soluciones have signed a strategic open source
> | software agreement with the government of Andalucia.
> |
> | The project will be the biggest of its kind in Spanish history.
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> http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conWebDoc.19054
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> Richard Stallman in Madrid: Free as in Freedom
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> | Speaking a correct Spanish (although with a bit strange accent), and with a
> | good dosis of humour, Richard spoke about “The users and Freedom” at Rafael
> | del Pino foundation.
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> http://quilombo.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/richard-stallman-en-madrid-f...
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> Related:
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> Akademy-es 2007 in ZaragozaSpain
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> | This past weekend, November 16th through the 18th, ZaragozaSpainwas the
> | home of Akademy-es 2007. The conference began early Saturday morning and
> | finished Monday with a Hackathon.
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> http://dot.kde.org/1195751102/
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> Spain: Another Defeat for OOXML
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> | [PJ: The following report says that the results are in fromSpain, and the
> | technical committee voted 4 to 3 against OOXML. That means that in September,
> |Spainwill vote Abstain, because the rules require a 2/3 majority. More info
> | at NoOOXML.org and OpenXML.info. ]
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> http://meneame.net/story/espana-no-aprueba-ooxml-microsofthttp://www.groklaw.net/newsitems.php
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> Microsoft is Outmuscling OOXML Opposition inSpain
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> | The Andalusian Government has reported recently the manipulation of Microsoft
> | in the National Technical Committee 71 of AENOR. On July 10th, just the day
> | before the one and only meeting of AENOR to study DIS 29500 and vote on it,
> | Microsoft announced officially (via the secretary of the Committee) that that
> | Andalusian Government and several other Spanish public entities were asking
> | for the approval of ISO DIS 29500 (what finally resulted all a fake!).
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> http://boycottnovell.com/2007/07/27/ooxmll-spain/
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> Now It'sSpainand OOXML - More Standards Highjinks?
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> | It seems there may have been more games played by Microsoft in the OOXML
> | saga, or at the very least some confusion spread, and this time our story
> | comes fromSpain, where the government of Andalusia has now sent an official
> | letter of protest [PDF, Spanish] to the president of the technical committee
> | deciding whether or not to accept OOXML as an ISO standard, denouncing what
> | it called an attempt by Microsoft to manipulate the process by selectively
> | quoting from a letter from the Andalusian government back in January as if it
> | were an endorsement of OOXML as an ISO standard today. That January letter,
> | Andalusia says, was not intended to indicate that it felt there should be an
> | acceptance of OOXML by the technical committee.
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> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070723235113424
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> Red Hat Gains Momentum in the Spanish Market
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> | Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions,
> | today announced that the company has experienced strong growth in
> |Spainin recent months, with a substantial increase in the number
> | of customers that rely on its open source technology.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | Arsys, a leading Internet service provider inSpainwith regional
> | presence in France and Portugal, announced its migration to Red
> | Hat Enterprise Linux as its main platform to develop and offer
> | secure Internet services to its 120,000 customers across Europe
> | in September this year.
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> http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061206/20061206005177.html?.v=1
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España está siempre en primer plano para el socialismo y la justicia.
Gran trabajo.

Mafario Amicucci

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