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Open Source Software Study – OS on Vienna’s Desktop Workplaces
Based on Vienna’s collected open source knowledge regarding its server environment, the technical quality of open source operating systems and office applications as well as the migration decision of…
DOCUMENTCreated: 10/12/2004Updated Date: 16/10/2017
Polder board Zeeuws Vlaanderen: saving money with OSS
The polder board Zeeuws Vlaanderen had its first experiences with open source software in 2001. By now open source software is used for many things, among which the mail environment, the intranet and…
DOCUMENTCreated: 05/11/2004Updated Date: 16/10/2017
Open source in five municipalities in Groningen
This report was prepared by David Duijnmayer and Rishab Ghosh at MERIT, University of Maastricht, based on the study conducted for the Dutch OSOSS Programme published on August 30, 2004. As part of an…
DOCUMENTCreated: 22/10/2004Updated Date: 16/10/2017
Experiences from the Use of Skolelinux: Use of OpenSource Software at Four Norwegian Schools
The goal of the Skolelinux project is to develop a Linux distribution for Norwegian schools. The Skolelinux distribution should be simple to install and maintain and it must be based on both standard…
DOCUMENTCreated: 15/10/2004Updated Date: 16/10/2017
IJsselstein municipality: open source is not an end in itself, but it is an important means to an end.
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…
DOCUMENTCreated: 06/10/2004Updated Date: 16/10/2017
Migration to open source software – Beaumont Hospital Dublin, Ireland
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…
DOCUMENTCreated: 30/09/2004Updated Date: 16/10/2017
Migration to open source software of the German Monopolies Commission
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…
DOCUMENTCreated: 21/09/2004Updated Date: 16/10/2017
Open Source drives Italian eGovernment
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…
DOCUMENTCreated: 09/04/2004Updated Date: 16/10/2017
Open Source facilitates German world-wide secure network
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…
DOCUMENTCreated: 01/03/2004Updated Date: 16/10/2017
How a potato guy wins the heart of children
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…
DOCUMENTCreated: 28/01/2004Updated Date: 16/10/2017
Back-office migration supports anti-terrorism
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…
DOCUMENTCreated: 07/01/2004Updated Date: 16/10/2017
Linux means good weather in IT-land
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…
DOCUMENTCreated: 18/11/2003Updated Date: 16/10/2017