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Mandatory Use of Open Standards In Hungary
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| "Hungarian Parliament has made the use of
| open standards mandatory by law in the
| intercommunication between public
| administration offices, public utility
| companies, citizens and voluntarily joining
| private companies, conducted via the central
| governmental system. The Open Standards
| Alliance initiating the amendment aims to
| promote the spread of monopoly-free markets
| that foster the development of
| interchangeable and interoperable products
| generated by open standards, and,
| consequently, broad competition markets,
| regardless of whether the IT systems of
| interconnecting organizations and
| individuals use open or closed source
| software. In the near future, in spite of EU
| tendencies the Alliance seeks to make its
| approach â interoperability based on
| publicly defined open standards â the EU
| norm under the Hungarian presidency of the
| European Union in 2011. To that end, it will
| promote public collaboration â possibly
| between every interested party, civil and
| political organization in the European
| Union. What do you think: what would be the
| best way to cooperate?"
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http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/18/2123215/Mandatory-Use-of-Open-Standards-In-Hungary?art_pos=1
Government Departments: Computer Software
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2009-12-16a.307322.h
Recent:
Hungarian Government Banks on Open Source
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| 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.
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http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/hungarian-government-banks-on-open-source,1081515.shtml
Ditch Microsoft, Save Â269m Says Hungarian Open Source Group
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| 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
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| 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.
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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
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/hungary-says-yes-to-open-source---but-keeps-the-lion-s-share-for-microsoft-1811
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