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Free Software in the Icelandic Education System
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| In a special issue of skÃla og nÃmskeià (english: school and courses), which
| accompanied FrÃttablaÃià on the 25th of August 2009, there was an article
| about a project within the Ministry of Education in cooperation with a group
| of free software advocates, to increase the use of free software within the
| school system. One of the reasons for the project is the Ministryâs agenda to
| increase knowledge and competence among students in IT related subjects. We
| (The Icelandic Society for Digital Freedoms) wholeheartedly agree with this
| reasoning as the society believes that access to computer source code and the
| freedom to modify and explore the software will result in a better
| understanding of information technology which in this context benefits the
| country and the nation as a whole. A strong indication of the governmentâs
| understanding of the benefits of free software is for example the fifth item
| on the official government policy for free software (direct pdf) which states
| that students should have equal opportunity to learn about and use free
| software as well as proprietary software.
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http://www.fsfi.is/2009/08/free-software-in-the-icelandic-education-system/
Recent:
Icelandic bank Kaupthing threat to WikiLeaks over confidential large exposure
report, 31 Jul 2009
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| Legal threat from lawyers representing the failed Icelandic bank Kaupthing to
| WikiLeaks (Sunshine Press), seeking to suppress a 209 page internal Kaupthing
| document assessing the credit risks of its largest clients.
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http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Icelandic_bank_Kaupthing_threat_to_WikiLeaks_over_confidential_large_exposure_report%2C_31_Jul_2009
Financial collapse: Confidential exposure analysis of 205 companies each owing
above EUR45M to Icelandic bank Kaupthing, 26 Sep 2008
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Financial_collapse:_Confidential_exposure_analysis_of_205_companies_each_owing_above_EUR45M_to_Icelandic_bank_Kaupthing%2C_26_Sep_2008
Microsoft Skull-fucks Icelandâs Economy, Contracts Syphilis
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| And what would you do? Well. My sources tell me a lot is afoot. Several MCPâs
| are bailing out, switching over to Free Software and restructuring their
| business model. Keep the revenue inside Iceland, sell better technical
| services for less money and yet double their revenue. âWhy didnât we do this
| earlier?â
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http://smari.yaxic.org/blag/2009/03/06/microsoft-skull-fucks-icelands-economy-contracts-syphilis/
Related:
Free and Open-source Software - Government Policy of Iceland
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| The government of Iceland has agreed on a policy regarding free and
| open-source software. The policy states, among other things, that when
| purchasing new software, free and open-source software and proprietary
| software are to be considered on an equal footing, with the object of always
| selecting the most favourable purchase.
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http://eng.forsaetisraduneyti.is/information-society/English/nr/2882
A Virtual Open Source Center to Nordic Countries
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| The initiative was confirmed during the Norwegian IT-minister Heidi
| Grande Roys' visit in Finland. The leader of COSS, Petri Rasanen,
| stated that the steady operation of COSS is a good base to build
| the international collaboration on, and for example the web site
| of the new center will be based on the COSS portal.
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http://www.swbusiness.fi/portal/news/news_from_software_business_cluster/other_news/?id=18528
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