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FI: Over a hundred schools using open source
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| More than a hundred schools across Finland
| are using open source for all of their
| desktop PCs, according to Opinsys, an open
| source services provider.
|
| The company assists ninety schools in 28
| municipalities with the maintenance of PCs
| and laptops running Ubuntu Linux. Tens of
| other schools are managing similar PCs
| themselves, according to Mikko Soikkeli, the
| company's sales director.
|
| The costs per Linux PC or laptop, including
| maintenance, is about 282 Euro per year,
| according to a presentation last month by one
| of the schools using Ubuntu. "This
| infrastructure is easy to extend, it is
| secure, reliable and easy to use", according
| to Allen Schneitz, a teacher at the Kasaviori
| School. "The system allows utilisation of
| second hand computers that are four to five
| years old."
|
| A second case study on Linux based PCs in
| schools, by Risto RÃnnberg for the city of
| JyvÃskylÃ, puts the cost at 153 Euro per PC
| per year.
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http://www.osor.eu/news/fi-over-a-hundred-schools-using-open-source
Recent:
Schools seek savings in IT outlays
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| âThe need for IT technology in schools is
| growing all the time, but the resources
| arenât,â notes Elias Aarnio from the
| Finnish Centre for Open Source Solutions
| (COSS).
|
| There are an estimated 100,000-120,000
| computer workstations in Finnish schools
| across the country. COSS and its partners
| have estimated that, by switching their
| systems from closed to open source code
| software, schools could save up to 70 per
| cent on all IT purchasing and maintenance
| costs.
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http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/htimes/education/8996-schools-seek-savings-in-it-outlays-.html
FI: 'Increase of open source by companies spurs public administrations'
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| Like Finish companies, public administrations in Finland are increasingly
| turning to open source, says Matti Saastamoinen of the Finnish Centre for
| Open Source Solutions (COSS). "Their uptake is a little slower, but I expect
| them to speed it up in the next few years."
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http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1293/4/lang,en/
Related:
Finland's 'Open Source' Electric Car Plan
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| When I think of faraway Finland, I think of long, dark winters, saunas,
| reindeer and Nokia cellular telephones. I don't think of electric cars...
| until now.
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http://www.evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=1419
Ubuntu Finland delivered Ubuntu to Finnish parliament representatives
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| Ubuntu Finland has sent Ubuntu CDs and information about Ubuntu, Linux and
| free (as in freedom) software to each parliament representative of Finland in
| the beginning of September.
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http://wiki.ubuntu-fi.org/Wiki/Press_release-Ubuntu_CDs_for_Finnish_parliament_representatives
Ministry of Justice of Finland chooses OpenOffice
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| Ministry of Justice of Finland has made the decision to adopt the Open
| Source OpenOffice.org suite as its office software from beginning of 2007.
| Ministry of Justice and its branch of administration will also adopt
| OpenDocument Format standard as the file format for its documents.
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http://marketing.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=24732
2007:2 Migrating a Ministry to OpenOffice.org
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| After the migration, OpenOffice.org will be the primary office
| suite for 8500 persons and Microsoft Office for 1500 persons.
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http://www.om.fi/Etusivu/Julkaisut/Julkaisusarjat/Toimintajahallinto/Toiminnanjahallinnonarkisto/Toimintajahallinto2007/1171362109118
http://tinyurl.com/2g6sjy
Governmental programme boosts open source business in Finland
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| In a bid to get more open source exposure inside the Finish (sic)
| establishment, Tekes (the Funding Agency for Technology and
| Innovation of the Finnish government) launched a national
| development programme for open source business. Programme is carried
| out by COSS, the Finnish Centre for Open Source Software.
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http://opensourceblog.itproportal.com/?p=212
Red Hat becomes the 100th member of COSS, Finnish Centre for Open Source
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| As the home country of Linux, Finland is a natural operation environment
| for the leading Linux distributor. Red Hat values high Finnish open source
| know-how.
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http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,43203.shtml
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