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DE: German government wants open standards and open source
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| The newly elected German government plans
| to support open standards and open source
| software. In its four-year coalition
| contract, the government led by chancellor
| Angela Merkel, writes it wants to orient
| its IT systems on open standards and
| include open source solutions.
|
| Together with its sister party CSU and her
| liberal coalition partner (FDP), the
| government parties have constructed a 133
| page coalition contract, which, in the
| chapter "Information and Media Society"
| declares intentions to expand e-Government
| by increasing electronic communication
| options for both citizens and enterprises.
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http://www.osor.eu/news/de-german-government-wants-open-standards-and-open-source
ODF Plugfest: Open Standards and Interoperability
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| European Public Administrations urge to
| join Standards Settings Organizations, in
| order to avoid poor interoperability and
| also to influence standards definition, if
| needed (signature enabled version of ODF,
| just to name one of them).
|
| Open Standards are first and foremost
| about participation, implementersâ good-
| will is a good thing, but maybe not
| (always) enough. Until now standards
| compliance in this field is only a self-
| certification process, maybe Europe should
| start think ing about a more formal
| approach.
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http://robertogaloppini.net/2009/11/09/odf-plugfest-open-standards-and-interoperability/
Recent:
DE: Interior minister: 'Open source reduces vendor lock-in and monopolies'
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| Using open source helps to avoid being locked-in by IT vendors
| and prevents IT services monopolies, says Wolfgang SchÃuble,
| Germany's minister of the Interior.
|
| "Free software has several other benefits, such as increasing
| the security of IT, because the source code can be verified,
| and enhancement of innovation, because anyone can participate
| in the development of such software", SchÃuble writes on
| Abgeordnetewatch.
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http://www.osor.eu/news/de-interior-minister-open-source-reduces-vendor-lock-in-and-monopolies
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