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Open source gains more traction
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| IT budget cuts, an improved ecosystem and
| more maturity have boosted the demand for
| open source applications in Indian
| enterprises, writes Brian Pereira.
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| The economic downturn may be regarded as a
| blessing in disguise for the open source
| community and proponents of open source
| software. The skeptics (read commercial
| software vendors) have suddenly become
| silent and are in fact willing to support
| open source, ironically finding that this
| move somehow works to their advantage.
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http://business.rediff.com/report/2009/oct/28/tech-open-source-gains-more-traction.htm
Hospitals need open source in IT: expert
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| OPEN source software offers one cure for
| clinical system implementation woes, as
| authorities struggle to find solutions that
| meet all medical requirements, a leading
| health informatics researcher says.
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| "Some of the greatest efficiency gains in
| the health sector will come from open source
| software, rather than packages supplied by
| large corporations," said Professor Jon
| Patrick of the University of Sydney's School
| of Information Technologies. "It's not in
| industry's long-term interests to come up
| with efficient and interoperable systems.
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http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26271153-15306,00.html
Recent:
EU: Over thirty MEPs from seven member states support free software
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| Of the 232 candidates for the European Parliament that pledged their support
| for free and open source software, 34 have been elected, from Belgium,
| France, Greece, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
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http://www.osor.eu/news/eu-over-thirty-meps-from-seven-member-states-support-free-software
Open Source EC Funded Projects: EDOS
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| EDOS (Environment for the Development and Distribution of Open Source
| software) obtained interesting results, either from an academic point of view
| or from an industrial perspective.
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http://robertogaloppini.net/2009/07/31/open-source-ec-funded-projects-edos/
European Open Source Procurement Guidelines: How Do you Like Them?
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| Talking about Alfrescoâs business strategy I happened to mention that the
| European open source observatory released guidelines for open source
| procurement.
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http://robertogaloppini.net/2009/05/22/european-open-source-procurement-guidelines-how-do-you-like-them/
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