-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Will 'Telecentros' Transform Cuba's Internet Access?
,----[ Quote ]
| Another new development is arriving by way
| of Brazil's "Telecentro" program.
| Telecentros are public computer labs that
| use open source software and provide free
| Internet access.
|
| [...]
|
| Open source software is playing a key role
| in the Telecentros. Ryan Bagueros, the
| owner and founder of NorthxSouth, a
| software development company that describes
| itself as a "network of open source
| developers from all over the Americas,"
| said Brazil and other Latin American
| governments are unenthusiastic about the
| high cost and security leaks of U.S.-made
| proprietary software. (Bagueros joined me
| on a panel at the annual meeting of Roots
| of Hope.) He noted that these Latin
| American countries are investing heavily in
| developing open source alternatives, and
| expanded via email about the value of open
| source software...
`----
http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2010/04/will-telecentros-transform-cubas-internet-access104.html
Malta Open Source End User Group
,----[ Quote ]
| Free Open Source Software (Foss) has
| reached appropriate levels of maturity in
| terms of quality and reach; Foss is also
| being adopted as a mainstream solution and
| also an alternative to proprietary
| solutions. The Malta Information Technology
| Agency (Mita) seeks to adopt cost-effective
| and non-disruptive OSS within government
| and is therefore seeking open
| participation, collaboration and
| transparency through the creation of a
| Government of Malta Open Source End User
| Group to become a major driving force
| behind the evolution of Open Source
| initiatives.
`----
http://www.maltabusinessweekly.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=8675
Recent:
â 2 scheme for teachers and students for StarOffice
,----[ Quote ]
| Maltese students and teachers can purchase StarOffice applications software
| for a once-only payment of â2.
`----
http://www.maltamedia.com/artman2/publish/financial/article_5033.shtml
Related:
IBM Linux education programme [in Malta]
,----[ Quote ]
| One of the ICT education initiatives is the Linux Education
| Programme, through which 60 persons who already work in the
| ICT industry ambit will certify themselves as Linux Entry
| Level Administrators.
`----
http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=48291
Leo Brincat's missionary zeal - Malta and Open Source
,----[ Quote ]
| While Labour "studies" what its weekly half-hour trip on the internet
| gives it, we are developing areas where we think the benefits of
| open-source technology can really make a difference.
|
| [...]
|
| Moreover, should he have researched even further he would have also
| realised that we are taking our open standards policy even a step further
| and extending it to cut across different technological platforms such as we
| recently did with the eGovernment Web Framework when we extended it to
| cover also Oracle technologies and are currently preparing for its final
| extension into Linux.
`----
http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=44531
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)
iEYEARECAAYFAkvI5pIACgkQU4xAY3RXLo69+gCeILoeH08HkFBGWwUwMs25TX7k
dHQAoKI4umyvy1lku0mRYsQAati+FF//
=nkuS
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
|
|
