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IJsselstein municipality: open source is not an end in itself, but it is an important means to an end.

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In the year 2000 the municipality of IJsselstein had its first experiences with open source software. Back then, the newly appointed ICT manager Andries Broekema had been watching developments in the…

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Migration to open source software – Beaumont Hospital Dublin, Ireland

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This article describes the implementation of an information systems infrastructure using open source software (OSS) in a large Irish public sector organization, Beaumont Hospital. The study identifies…

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Migration to open source software of the German Monopolies Commission

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After the success of open source software in the server market, the migration of the German Monopolies Commission to open source software has acted as a reference project for the use of open source…

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Open Source drives Italian eGovernment

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Open Source is very attractive for organisations that want to provide cheap and stable communication services. As opposed to the desktop market, the infrastructure arena offers more possibilities for…

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Open Source facilitates German world-wide secure network

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In our modern western economies, most people have become used to being connected to the internet 24 hours a day. We browse, mail and chat wherever and whenever we want. The same thing holds for large…

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How a potato guy wins the heart of children

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Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) has become very popular in educational institutions for different reasons. Many schools cite the low cost of Linux as the primary motivation, but some also…

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Back-office migration supports anti-terrorism

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Late 2002 the German Bundeskartellamt migrated their entire back-office to Linux and other Open Source software. This move was coordinated by the Federal Government\'s anti-terrorism programme…

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Linux means good weather in IT-land

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In 2000 the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute, KNMI, was confronted with expensive upgrades in its R&D; department. After a study and a pilot project, the organisation decided to switch to Linux on…

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Sonneburgh: OpenOffice deployment in Rotterdam

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In 2003 there has been a noticable trend of public organisations considering to migrate (or already migrating) to OpenOffice (1) . Large-scale examples include the French Ministry of Interior and the…

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FLOSS deployment in Extremadura, Spain

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Extremadura is the poorest region of Spain, lagging behind the rest of the country in both the economic and technological arena. Though short on financial resources, the region has set very high goals…

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