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Open Source Continues To Spread Through Official Circles
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| In the last several years, governments â and
| particularly those in Europe â have been snapping
| up Open Source alternatives like little old
| ladies at Loehmann's. The push towards Open
| continued this week as the Dutch police ditched
| Windows for the rosy cap.
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| [...]
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| Choosing Linux is part of a recent policy change
| by the Dutch police â according to the new
| directive, the service will select only Open
| Source options for its technology needs.
| Likewise, a vow to work to advance Open Source
| and open standards was recently made by the Dutch
| Minister of Internal Affairs. Reportedly, the
| shift was the result of the severe criticism
| received after the organization requested 30,000
| Windows systems at the beginning of the year.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/open-source-continues-spread-through-official-circles
Could Your Open Source Project Support a Business?
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| Therefore, to have an open source software
| business, you need to find a type of software
| where there are people who need the source code
| and where there are people who would pay for out
| of the box features, stability, ease of use, and
| support. We think weâve found it with business
| applications software, such as ERP and CRM
| software. Virtually all ERP software, even multi-
| million dollar commercial packages, must be
| customized, so our users will appreciate having
| access to the code. Ease of use, stability, out-
| of-the-box features, and support are things that
| business users are used to paying for as well. It
| was this thinking which led us to create the
| opentaps Open Source ERP + CRM business
| applicaitons suite.
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http://www.opensourcestrategies.com/2009/10/08/could-your-open-source-project-support-a-business/
Days ago:
German City MÃnster Launches Pilot Project For its Schools To Adopt Open Source Software
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| At the moment, teachers are trying out OpenOffice in
| two schools. The suite will be made available to all
| schools in November 2009. "We plan to make OpenOffice
| the default office application for schools", said
| Citeq's spokesperson Stefan Schoenfelder.
|
| During September 2009, the city reported that 140 of
| its 360 servers are running GNU/Linux. In a press
| statement published on 23 September 2009, Citeq
| stated that using open source is making it easier for
| the departments to share information.
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http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/29337
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