Thursday, April 19, 2007
Vietnam gives priority to open source software
Vietnam gives priority to open source software
18 Ap 2007
The Vietnamese government has approved the software industry development programme to 2010, in which priority will be given to the use of open source software in state-funded IT projects. The state will encourage and assist organisations and businesses in providing services supporting the use of open source software.
Source: VietNamNet Bridge
18 Ap 2007
The Vietnamese government has approved the software industry development programme to 2010, in which priority will be given to the use of open source software in state-funded IT projects. The state will encourage and assist organisations and businesses in providing services supporting the use of open source software.
Source: VietNamNet Bridge
Labels: advocacy, asia, government, trends
Open Source, Transparency and Electronic Voting
Open Source, Transparency and Electronic Voting
By John P. Mello Jr., Linux Insider
18 Apr 2007
Using open source software for voting can add credibility to the electronic process, according to Joseph Kiniry, a computer science lecturer with University College Dublin in Ireland and a researcher in open source software for voting.
With open source software, he told LinuxInsider, "not only can experts evaluate the software and make sure it does what it says it does, but it also increases the level of trust that normal, non-expert users can have in that software system."
Read the full article from here @ Tech News World
By John P. Mello Jr., Linux Insider
18 Apr 2007
Using open source software for voting can add credibility to the electronic process, according to Joseph Kiniry, a computer science lecturer with University College Dublin in Ireland and a researcher in open source software for voting.
With open source software, he told LinuxInsider, "not only can experts evaluate the software and make sure it does what it says it does, but it also increases the level of trust that normal, non-expert users can have in that software system."
Read the full article from here @ Tech News World
Labels: government, society
Red Hat tries spreading open-source idea
Red Hat tries spreading open-source idea
Posted by Stephen Shankland, April 18, 2007
Red Hat is taking a second crack at trying to spread its open-source philosophy beyond the realm of software development.
On Wednesday, the Linux seller announced a partnership with the nearby University of North Carolina to try to encourage use of the open, collaborative model in the fields of health care research, biotechnology, bioinformatics and public policy.
Read the full news report from here @ News.com
Posted by Stephen Shankland, April 18, 2007
Red Hat is taking a second crack at trying to spread its open-source philosophy beyond the realm of software development.
On Wednesday, the Linux seller announced a partnership with the nearby University of North Carolina to try to encourage use of the open, collaborative model in the fields of health care research, biotechnology, bioinformatics and public policy.
Read the full news report from here @ News.com
Labels: advocacy, government, healthcare, linux
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Norwegan Liberal Party Passes Resolution for File Sharing
Norwegan Liberal Party Passes Resolution in Favor of File Sharing
New Proposal Would Move Copyright Laws into the 21st Century
By TheCaptain, April 15, 2007
Norway's liberal party, Venstre, has recently passed a resolution that is nothing short of revolutionary-in favor of file sharing. Copyright law is out of date, the party says...technology now makes it such that current copyright laws actually impede the cultural progress that could otherwise take place, by stopping a tremendously efficient mechanism of sharing information. A new system is necessary that would facilitate the production of content while at the same time giving users access to it. The new resolution calls for a change of policy in four areas: file sharing, sampling, commercial copyright lifespan, and the use of digital rights management software (DRM).
Read this interesting article from Associated Content
New Proposal Would Move Copyright Laws into the 21st Century
By TheCaptain, April 15, 2007
Norway's liberal party, Venstre, has recently passed a resolution that is nothing short of revolutionary-in favor of file sharing. Copyright law is out of date, the party says...technology now makes it such that current copyright laws actually impede the cultural progress that could otherwise take place, by stopping a tremendously efficient mechanism of sharing information. A new system is necessary that would facilitate the production of content while at the same time giving users access to it. The new resolution calls for a change of policy in four areas: file sharing, sampling, commercial copyright lifespan, and the use of digital rights management software (DRM).
Read this interesting article from Associated Content
Labels: advocacy, copyright, europe, government, laws, norway
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
US Defense kicks off open-source encryption program
Defense kicks off open-source encryption program
By Jana Cranmer, GCN Staff, 04 Mar 2007
The Defense Department has launched a new program to encourage the use of open- source encryption software within DOD systems.
The Open Source Software Institute of Hattiesburg, Miss., will support the OpenCrypto Management Program, which is part of DOD’s Open Technology Development road map initiative. The goal of that program is to provide DOD with greater system development and acquisition flexibility through collaborative software development.
Read the full news report from here @ GCN
By Jana Cranmer, GCN Staff, 04 Mar 2007
The Defense Department has launched a new program to encourage the use of open- source encryption software within DOD systems.
The Open Source Software Institute of Hattiesburg, Miss., will support the OpenCrypto Management Program, which is part of DOD’s Open Technology Development road map initiative. The goal of that program is to provide DOD with greater system development and acquisition flexibility through collaborative software development.
Read the full news report from here @ GCN
Labels: government, it-security, military
Monday, April 2, 2007
Queensland (Australia) govt readies open source analytics
Queensland govt readies open source analytics
Open source to ensure software lives on
Rodney Gedda, 28 Mar 2007
A desire to make spatial decision making more transparent has led the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water to develop a Web-based application called Spatialise, which is on the verge of being released as an open source project.
Read more from this report @ Computer World Australia
Open source to ensure software lives on
Rodney Gedda, 28 Mar 2007
A desire to make spatial decision making more transparent has led the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water to develop a Web-based application called Spatialise, which is on the verge of being released as an open source project.
Read more from this report @ Computer World Australia
Labels: australia, business-intelligence, government
A New Dawn Rising For Open Documents?
A New Dawn Rising For Open Documents?
April 3, 2007
By Jacqueline Emigh
So far, the government document landscape in the US has been overwhelmingly dominated by three proprietary formats - .DOC (Microsoft's Word document), .PPT (Microsoft's PowerPoint), and .XLS (Microsoft's Excel spreadsheets).
With the filing of a new bill in Oregon, five US states have now taken legislative action around adopting open documents. Still, government agencies in the US lag way behind those in Europe in moving beyond Windows lock-in. In one big bright note, though, the ODF (OpenDocuments Format) Alliance--a one-year-old organization backed by Microsoft rivals such as IBM and Sun--seems to be spurring a lot of positive change, says this article.
Read the full article from here @ Datamation
April 3, 2007
By Jacqueline Emigh
So far, the government document landscape in the US has been overwhelmingly dominated by three proprietary formats - .DOC (Microsoft's Word document), .PPT (Microsoft's PowerPoint), and .XLS (Microsoft's Excel spreadsheets).
With the filing of a new bill in Oregon, five US states have now taken legislative action around adopting open documents. Still, government agencies in the US lag way behind those in Europe in moving beyond Windows lock-in. In one big bright note, though, the ODF (OpenDocuments Format) Alliance--a one-year-old organization backed by Microsoft rivals such as IBM and Sun--seems to be spurring a lot of positive change, says this article.
Read the full article from here @ Datamation
Labels: documents, government, ibm, microsoft, sun-microsystems, usa
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