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ES/GL: Report on the International Status of Open Source Software 2010

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Description (short summary): The Spanish Open Source Software Observatory (Observatorio Nacional de Software de Fuentes Abiertas - CENATIC,, in Spanish), in keeping with its objective of raising…

Swedish National Police (swedishnational)

In 2006 the Swedish National Police launched a project that led to the implementation and migration from an ICT infrastructure based on proprietary products to an ICT server and database platform…

Norwegian Mapping Authority (norwegianmapping)

The Norwegian Mapping Authority (Statens Kartverk) is the central organisation for the provision of mapping images to most public bodies and organisations in Norway. After experiencing a vast increase…

OSOR: The more they know the more they share (osor-knowing-sharing)

In early 2000s the European Commission had realized the potential of open source software and its communities for the public sector. As the topic gained on importance, the Commission launched the…

The Open University UK: sharing code and content

In 2005 The Open University (OU) UK, one of Europe's largest distance learning universities, established that it was time to deploy a new Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), for both The Open…

Desktop4Education

In 2003 the secondary school of Weiz, Austria, started the development of an open source operating system. The overall objective has been to develop a system that was easy to maintain, sustainable in…

AirAware Bucharest: air pollution monitoring with free software (AirAware)

In 2005 the Romanian National Meteorological Administration (NMA) received EU funding for its AirAware project. The project's objective was to improve the air quality monitoring system currently in…

OpenCimetiere: Managing graves the open way (OpenCimetiere)

Open source case study

For the management of their cemeteries, the city of Arles and its neighbouring municipalities Albi, Tarn and Dadou decided in 2006 that they needed to replace pen and paper with computers and software…

FriKomPort: Sharing code, costs, and benefits

Open source case study

In 2006 the Norwegian region of Kongsberg launched a portal to coordinate and administrate courses and trainings for municipality staff. The solution was developed with open source tools, as a common…