-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Ingres, FreeSoft bag open source contract from Hungarian government
,----[ Quote ]
| Ingres and FreeSoft, have won the Hungarian
| governmentâs open source software contract
| that has a four-year, $22.3m budget. During
| the next four years, the companies will
| supply the Hungarian government with
| software worth 4 Ft billion Hungarian
| forints, which is approximately â15m or
| $22.3m.
`----
http://opensource.cbronline.com/news/ingres_freesoft_bag_open_source_contract_from_hungarian_government_091209
FreeSoft and Ingres win Hungarian government open source software tender
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2711856/
Experts Question Hungary's Role As European Open Source Leader
,----[ Quote ]
| Open source database company Ingres has held
| Hungary up as an example to the UK and other
| European countries of how government should
| be championing the use of non-proprietary
| software in the public sector.
|
| But some Hungarian experts have pointed out
| that while the central European country has
| made progress when it comes to allowing open
| source players to compete on the same terms
| as proprietary companies, there is still a
| long way to go before the Magyars could be
| held up as leaders on open source.
`----
http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/experts-question-hungary-s-role-as-european-open-source-leader-2720
Will open source be assimilated in 2010?
,----[ Quote ]
| It also drew a thoughtful e-mail from Tim
| Yeaton, president of Black Duck Software. He
| interrupted his efforts to counter OpenLogicâs
| new open source scanner to say that open source
| is bound to be assimilated into the software
| mainstream.
`----
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=5415
Recent:
Hungarian Government Banks on Open Source
,----[ Quote ]
| Ingres Corporation, the leading open source
| database management company and pioneer of
| the New Economics of IT, and FreeSoft PLC,
| Hungaryâs leading service provider in the
| software development sector, have won the
| Hungarian governmentâs open source software
| tender that has a four-year, $22.3 million
| budget.
`----
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/hungarian-government-banks-on-open-source,1081515.shtml
Ditch Microsoft, Save Â269m Says Hungarian Open Source Group
,----[ Quote ]
| Despite a struggling economy and public debt,
| the Hungarian government continues to spend
| millions on Microsoft licences when cheaper
| alternatives exist, say open source groups
|
| With governments across Europe including the UK
| looking to slash public spending to tackle
| budget deficits resulting from bank bail-outs
| and other effects of the recession, open source
| could be an important way to cut IT costs,
| according to free software advocates.
`----
http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/ditch-microsoft--save--269m-says-hungarian-open-source-group-2323
Hungary Says Yes To Open Source - But Keeps The Lion's Share For Microsoft
,----[ Quote ]
| Half of the funding is still allocated fo r Microsoft products, and a quarter
| for Novell products, with the remaining 6 billion HUF (Â19.3 million) open for
| acquiring open source and open standards solutions.
|
| Apart from ULX and Red Hat, the other open source providers chosen in the
| centralised list of vendors are FEFO, Freesoft, Kventa, MultirÃciÃ, WSH and
| Navigator.
|
| ULX will deliver open source solutions to two groups of organisations: the first
| group of public sector organisations who are legally obliged to get their IT
| needs from the centralised IT providers list, and the other group is the public
| and higher education institutions.
`----
http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/hungary-says-yes-to-open-source---but-keeps-the-lion-s-share-for-microsoft-1811
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)
iEYEARECAAYFAksim0wACgkQU4xAY3RXLo7UIgCfV/99D2hiyApQPpD1+ZpnUm/9
sEsAniqQ0bFOXAd+p6np+75l4zKJyY2G
=lG1a
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
|
|
