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News : IT: 'Open source key to software re-use of public administrations'
Created by Clementine Valayer | 18 November 2009 | Kudos 198
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"Free and open source software enables more effective actions, with a very low cost, when financing small projects for public administrations", says Osvaldo Gervasi, president of Umbria's Open Source Competence Center (...
News : BE: Open Source e-learning application wins Unesco award
Created by Osor Administrator | 23 October 2007 | Kudos 0
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Claroline, an Open Source e-learning software developed by several schools and universities in Belgium, Spain, Canada and Chile, was awarded a Unesco award on October 1. The software won the 2007 Unesco King Hamad Bin...
News : BE: Public library, schools to use multi seat GNU/Linux desktop
Created by Osor Administrator | 18 September 2007 | Kudos 0
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The public library in the Belgian city Boom and two schools in the cities Laken and Peer will be using a special Ubuntu GNU/Linux computer, with one machine serving six Open Source desktops. These computers have six...
News : BG: 'Common use of unlicensed software hinders uptake of Open Source'
Created by Osor Administrator | 09 August 2007 | Kudos 0
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The widespread use of illegally copied software in Bulgaria is a strong barrier to Open Source alternatives, says Krastyo Lambev, a Bulgarian IT expert. "Even in public adminstration, the common use of unlicensed...
News : BG: Developer publishes e-Government services platform as Open Source
Created by Osor Administrator | 13 May 2008 | Kudos 0
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The Bulgarian software developer Daniel Denev has recently published his framework for electronic administrative services using the GNU General Public Open Source licence (GPL). Denev hopes that opening up his software...
News : BG: 'Government's increasing use of Open Source inevitable'
Created by Osor Administrator | 30 May 2008 | Kudos 0
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The Bulgarian government will turn more and more to Open Source software, predicts Krasimir Panayotov, coordinator of the GNU/Linux User Group in the city of Rousse, the country's fifth-largest city.
News : BG: 'More than half the state's servers run Open Source'
Created by Osor Administrator | 13 March 2008 | Kudos 0
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More than half of the 5000 servers in use by the Bulgarian central government run on Open Source operating systems, says Youri Alkalay, director of the administrations "E-Government" Department. An interview with...
News : BG: President praises Open Source conference
Created by Osor Administrator | 23 October 2007 | Kudos 0
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Bulgarian president Georgi Parvanov is voicing his support for the Open Source conference OpenFest, taking place in Sofia this weekend. "Open Source technologies helps to solve important problems such as transparency...
News : DE: IT association pressures Berlin to use open standards
Created by Osor Administrator | 09 July 2007 | Kudos 0
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An association of Berlin and Brandenburg IT companies, SIBB, is pressuring the Berlin state senate increase the use of open standards and Open Source software in its IT systems. The Berlin city government early May...
News : DE: Use of Open Source reduces costs at Foreign ministry
Created by Osor Administrator | 03 May 2007 | Kudos 0
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The all round use of Open Source software helps the German Foreign Office to reduce IT costs. According to a recent interview with the head of the IT department Rolf Schuster, the ministry spent 1190 euro per head in...