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The Future Growth of Russian Open Source Market Ensured: Key 2009 Partnerships, Milestones and Resources
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| The head of the Ministry Igor Shchegolev and
| Vice President - General Manager EMEA of Red
| Hat Corporation Werner Knoblich met on the
| 4th February 2010 at the Ministry of
| Communications and Mass Communications. They
| discussed both global and Russian open
| source market trends and Russian
| achievements in 2009.
|
| [...]
|
| A number of Russian universities implemented
| open source software educational programs.
|
| The Russian Association for Open Source
| Software was established.
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http://www.prweb.com/releases/RussianFederation/OpenSource/prweb3610594.htm
Open Source In Government: What's the Problem?
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| Tiemann's argument was that the U.S.
| government has settled into a procurement
| system that locks contracts in for longer
| than they should. By having the long lock-in
| he noted that it prevents faster user driven
| innovation.
|
| Makes a whole lot of sense to me. If
| government agencies are restricted by master
| agreements that have the goal of locking in
| software it makes it harder for anyone new -
| open source or otherwise to get access.
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http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2010/02/open-source-in-government-the.html
MPs live in dark ages with their software choice
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| We have to be realistic here: it was never
| likely that MPs would opt for an open-source
| operating system for the House of Commonsâ
| own machines - much as the idea of them
| searching round for an open-source package
| to keep track of their expenses has a
| certain appeal - the choice of Vista is
| frankly bizarre.
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http://blogs.techworld.com/the-blue-screen/2010/02/mps-live-in-dark-ages-with-their-software-choice/
Recent:
Free Software for All Russian Schools in Jeopardy
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| [The contract for the supply of licensed
| software in schools during 2007-2009 was
| the system integrator "Compulink".
| Competition Rosobrazovanie numbered NP-17
| meant the supply of 60 thousand Russian
| schools (650-700 thousand computers)
| license software package in 2007-2009. The
| package includes: operating system Windows
| XP, Microsoft Office, dictionary Abbyy
| Lingvo 12, anti-virus software Kaspersky
| Work Space Security, Adobe Photoshop CS3
| and more. A source at the Federal Agency of
| Education knows that Microsoft has agreed
| to license the Windows on all PCs for about
| $ 20 million (about $ 30 per computer).]
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/11/free-software-for-all-russian-schools.html
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