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By
Gijs Hillenius, OSOR.eu (November 20, 2010)
The European Union
should have stronger policy to implement free and open
source
software, says Marisa Matias, Member of the European Parliament.
"Public
administrations should not spend huge amounts of money on
proprietary
software when there are free and open source alternatives available".
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Edited by Joseph Feller, Brian Fitzgerald, Scott A. Hissam and Karim R. LakhaniWhat is the status of the Free and Open Source
Software (FOSS) revolution?
Has the creation of software that can be
freely used, modified and redistributed
transformed industry and
society, as some predicted, or is this
transformation still the work in
progress? Perspectives on Free and Open
Source Software brings
together leading analysts and researchers to
address this question,
examining specific aspects of FOSS in the way that
is both scientifically
rigorous and highly relevant to real life managerial concerns.
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Explore open source software hotspots around the world through
the
interactive Open Source Index (OSI) based on research
by Georgia
Institute of Technology. The
OSI is the measure of the open source activity
and environment
in 75 countries. Each country is given the score based on its
policies, practices and other data in the fields of Government,
Industry & Community.
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Government Open Source Software Resource Center (GOSSRC)
is
the resource aimed at providing information on Free & Open
Source
Software for stakeholders in, and interested in, all levels of
Government.
The content of the site is not aimed at any specific
geographical area, and aim to
provide an extensive, global resource. Format of the resource is Portal, which
means that information
is gathered from various sources, and linked to this central resource.
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