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“To improve the competitive position, company should adopting to OSS citing their flexibility, cost savings and the ability to have more control over the software. The power of the commercial open-source business model is that you're tapping into the collective intelligence of your community.”

 

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In the News : Open Source & Linux

Mahathir says 'NO' to Microsoft

While highlighting the key factor behind Malaysia's success in ICT sector, Mahathir said the Malaysian government did not adopt the "monopolistic and proprietary" computer operating system of Microsoft.

source: Star Business Report

China's Biggest Bank makes switch to Linux

China's biggest bank plans to deploy Linux on servers across its network of 20,000 national branches in a project that may be the biggest Linux deployment yet seen in China.

source: IDG News Service

Banks eye bootable Linux CDs

Australian company Cybersource says it's currently talking to two domestic banks about providing Linux-based bootable CDs to consumers to ensure Internet banking security.

source: ZDNet

EU pledges €660k to understand open source

The European Union has approved a €660,000 grant for FLOSSWorld, a two-year project to promote FLOSS collaboration involving 17 partners in 12 countries. The funding is part of the EU's 6th Framework Research programme.

source: BusinessWeek

Germany-funded Linux software arriving

KDE, one of the major interfaces designed to make Linux slick looking and easier to use, has been upgraded, an effort that includes the first results of work funded by the German government.

source: CNET

India leader advocates open source

The president of India added to a growing foreign-relations headache for Microsoft with a speech in which he advocated broader adoption of open-source software.


 source: CNET

Munich breaks with Windows for Linux

The local government in Munich, Germany, has voted to move 14,000 computers from Microsoft's Windows to the rival Linux operating system, despite efforts by the software giant to hang onto the multimillion-dollar contract.


source: CNET

Japan weighs Linux for files

The Japanese government is considering using the free Linux software program when it upgrades its computer data files for public servants in 2005.

source: Japan Today

Open Source gains momentum in Germany

More than 500 German government bodies have applied to join a year-old software agreement intended to reduce dependence on US computer giant Microsoft and cut costs. Bodies from federal antitrust enforcers to the Munich municipal authority have already begun switching to open-source operating systems, after joining an accord signed last June by federal authorities.

source: Computimes, New Straits Times

City of Vienna Chooses Linux

The city of Vienna, Austria was looking to move at least a portion of its desktops to Linux. Well, it looks like it happened. Their office distro is based on Debian with KDE.

source: Slashdot

One fifth of Japanese Businesses using Open Source OS

The use of open-source operating systems in enterprise servers is growing in Japan, with companies citing low introduction costs as the main factor for adoption, according to a recent report by the Japanese government.


source: InfoWorld

Open up: Massachusetts and Rhode Island open-source effort might force vendors to change

Massachusetts and Rhode Island are nurturing an effort that might be the catalyst for widespread deployment of open-source software for state and local governments. The Government Open Code Collaborative already has released a half dozen sets of open-source code and is poised to develop e-government applications, officials directing the initiative said.
source: IOSN

Norway throws weight behind open source

Norwegian Minister for Modernization Morton Andreas Meyer is asking all government institutions in the sparsely populated Nordic country to have a plan in place for the use of open-source software by the end of 2006.He said "proprietary formats will no longer be acceptable in communication between citizens and government."


source: The Register

Hong Kong Small Businesses Slow to Adopt Linux

At the Linux Business Awards 2005, the acting executive director of the Hong Kong Productivity Council said, "Linux is the fastest growing operating system in the market with applications spanning both public and private sectors. Offering an easy access to the adoption of information technology ... Linux has facilitated the development of IT products and services."


source: LinuxInsider

Vietnamese government launches plan to promote open source

Keeping in step with many Asian countries, the Vietnamese government has announced an official plan to promote the application and development of open source software in the country. Open source software is rapidly growing throughout Asia.


source: blink

Linux- Promotion by Indian Government

The Indian government's plan, however, is not driven by security concerns, but by the far more simple arithmetic of costing. To put it simply, India being a developing country needs low cost solutions.

source: Panam Solutions

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