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[News] US Government Moves to Server Side for Services and Programming

  • Subject: [News] US Government Moves to Server Side for Services and Programming
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:08:46 +0100
  • Followup-to: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Five ways that Apps.gov is a trendsetter

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| I'm one of many who believe this week's announcement of Apps.gov--
| a portal targeted at reducing the cost and effort for public 
| agencies to acquire cloud services--is forcing all of IT to face 
| the economics of cloud computing. 
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-19413_3-10353469-240.html

Undead COBOL celebrates (another) 50th birthday

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| COBOL is celebrating its 50th birthday. Or at least the name is.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/18/cobol_name_birthday/


Recent:

Russian Federation Commits to Open Source

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| Open source software development in Russia is one of the most important directives
| for Igor Schegolev â the Head of the Ministry of Information Technologies and
| Communications of the Russian Federation. At a key meeting with Werner Knoblich,
| Red Hat Vice President for EMEA, he announced support for a Russian Fedora
| association and for Red Hat development in the Russian Federation. He also
| expressed support for open source infrastructure and applications, and the
| development of a repository for industry best practice.
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http://www.advertisertalk.com/russian-federation-commits-to-open-source-9663.zhtml


60 Thousand Russian Teachers Will Learn Linux by the End of 2009

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| As part of the initiative, Russian schools have already received CDs with
| Linux and other open-source tools distribution kits so that such solutions
| could be installed even in the schools with no broadband internet access. But
| of course such a large-scale deployment is not that easy to carry out without
| help of qualified professionals who can make it possible.
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http://profy.com/2009/08/20/russian-teachers-will-learn-linux-by-2010/
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