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Schools seek savings in IT outlays
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| âThe need for IT technology in schools is
| growing all the time, but the resources
| arenât,â notes Elias Aarnio from the
| Finnish Centre for Open Source Solutions
| (COSS).
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| There are an estimated 100,000-120,000
| computer workstations in Finnish schools
| across the country. COSS and its partners
| have estimated that, by switching their
| systems from closed to open source code
| software, schools could save up to 70 per
| cent on all IT purchasing and maintenance
| costs.
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http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/htimes/education/8996-schools-seek-savings-in-it-outlays-.html
OOo4Kids, the office suite for all children... and their parents
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| OOo4Kids is a special version of
| OpenOffice.org (the popular, free and easy
| to use alternative to Microsoft Office)
| which is very interesting and useful not
| only for schools, but also for many adult
| users. Besides, interaction with developers
| seems much simpler and friendlier than in
| many other Free Software projects. Keep
| reading to know, straight from OOo4Kids
| developer Eric Bachard, what is that makes
| OOo4kids unique.
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http://stop.zona-m.net/education/schools/ooo4kids-office-suite-all-children-and-their-parents
Recent:
FI: 'Increase of open source by companies spurs public administrations'
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| Like Finish companies, public administrations in Finland are increasingly
| turning to open source, says Matti Saastamoinen of the Finnish Centre for
| Open Source Solutions (COSS). "Their uptake is a little slower, but I expect
| them to speed it up in the next few years."
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http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1293/4/lang,en/
Related:
Finland's 'Open Source' Electric Car Plan
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| When I think of faraway Finland, I think of long, dark winters, saunas,
| reindeer and Nokia cellular telephones. I don't think of electric cars...
| until now.
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http://www.evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=1419
Ubuntu Finland delivered Ubuntu to Finnish parliament representatives
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| Ubuntu Finland has sent Ubuntu CDs and information about Ubuntu, Linux and
| free (as in freedom) software to each parliament representative of Finland in
| the beginning of September.
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http://wiki.ubuntu-fi.org/Wiki/Press_release-Ubuntu_CDs_for_Finnish_parliament_representatives
Ministry of Justice of Finland chooses OpenOffice
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| Ministry of Justice of Finland has made the decision to adopt the Open
| Source OpenOffice.org suite as its office software from beginning of 2007.
| Ministry of Justice and its branch of administration will also adopt
| OpenDocument Format standard as the file format for its documents.
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http://marketing.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=24732
2007:2 Migrating a Ministry to OpenOffice.org
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| After the migration, OpenOffice.org will be the primary office
| suite for 8500 persons and Microsoft Office for 1500 persons.
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http://www.om.fi/Etusivu/Julkaisut/Julkaisusarjat/Toimintajahallinto/Toiminnanjahallinnonarkisto/Toimintajahallinto2007/1171362109118
http://tinyurl.com/2g6sjy
Governmental programme boosts open source business in Finland
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| In a bid to get more open source exposure inside the Finish (sic)
| establishment, Tekes (the Funding Agency for Technology and
| Innovation of the Finnish government) launched a national
| development programme for open source business. Programme is carried
| out by COSS, the Finnish Centre for Open Source Software.
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http://opensourceblog.itproportal.com/?p=212
Red Hat becomes the 100th member of COSS, Finnish Centre for Open Source
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| As the home country of Linux, Finland is a natural operation environment
| for the leading Linux distributor. Red Hat values high Finnish open source
| know-how.
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http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,43203.shtml
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