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Assam government includes FOSS in state IT policy
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| Yet another Indian state government made
| open source an integral part of its state IT
| policy. The policy is because it mandates
| open standards and ODF, in particular, which
| has been advocated open source supporters
| the open standard for office documents
| (instead of Microsoft's proprietary .doc,
| OOXML and other data formats). It also
| extends beyond software and says that all
| generic hardware purchased by the government
| should have support for open source
| software. The section mandating that source
| code developed for any State Government body
| shall be duly archived in a repository,
| indicates that the policy makers also
| understand the power of the open source
| development model. Overall, it is a good
| policy and worth forwarding to all the
| government policy makers that we are in
| touch with.
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http://osindia.blogspot.com/2009/12/yet-another-indian-state-government.html
How open can and should government be?
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| The government has issued a new Open
| Government Directive (PDF) that requires
| agencies to release âthree high value data
| setsâ in the next 45 days, create their own
| open government sites, and creates an Open
| Government Dashboard, overseen by the Office
| of Management and Budget, to assure
| compliance.
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http://www.smartplanet.com/technology/blog/thinking-tech/how-open-can-and-should-government-be/2350/
Recent:
Saving a Billion Using Open Source
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| A leading bank in India saved Rs 100 crore by moving from MS Office to Open
| Office. It is simple mathematicsâif MS Office costs Rs 11,000 per user, and
| the organization has 1,00,000 desktops, the company would save a cool Rs 110
| crore on licensing costs if it moved to Open Office. Even if we budget Rs 10
| crore for training and support costs, the company would end up saving Rs 100
| crore.
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http://networkcomputing.in/Saving-a-Billion-Using-Open-Source-Open-Mind-001Sept009.aspx
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