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<B>Date: </B>Tue, 1 Feb 2011 02:30:12 +1100<BR>
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<B>Subject: </B>[OSOR-news] OSOR Monthly Open Source News Service - January 2011<BR>
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</B>Monthly Open Source News Service — 31 January 2010<BR>
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</B>This monthly alert keeps you updated with news related to the use of Free/Libre/Open Source software (FLOSS) in the public sector in Europe. It includes the latest FLOSS software-related news, activities, initiatives and insights from across Europe and beyond.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT COLOR="#006699"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><B>Latest News<BR>
</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>| <FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>View all News <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/news">http://www.osor.eu/news</a>> <BR>
</B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>Report: Use savings of open source to develop new tools <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/news/report-use-savings-of-open-source-to-develop-new-tools">http://www.osor.eu/news/report-use-savings-of-open-source-to-develop-new-tools</a>>
</B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#666666"> | 14 January 2011 | Italy
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>Federal administrations in Russia told to move to open source <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/news/federal-administrations-in-russia-told-to-move-to-open-source">http://www.osor.eu/news/federal-administrations-in-russia-told-to-move-to-open-source</a>>
</B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#666666"> | 14 January 2011 | Russia
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>ES: Basque Government will make other institutions benefit from its successful Open Source experience <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/news/pt-parliamentarians-propose-to-make-open-standards-mandatory">http://www.osor.eu/news/pt-parliamentarians-propose-to-make-open-standards-mandatory</a>>
</B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#666666"> | 25 January 2010 | Spain
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>FR: City of Rennes opens up its data to the public <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/news/fr-city-of-rennes-opens-up-its-data-to-the-public">http://www.osor.eu/news/fr-city-of-rennes-opens-up-its-data-to-the-public</a>>
</B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#666666"> | 25 January 2011 | France
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>IT/EU: Emilia Romagna Region shares findings on open source usage in public administrations <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/news/it-eu-emilia-romagna-region-shares-findings-on-open-source-usage-in-public-administrations">http://www.osor.eu/news/it-eu-emilia-romagna-region-shares-findings-on-open-source-usage-in-public-administrations</a>>
</B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#666666"> | 25 January 2011 | Italy
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>FI: Municipalities increasingly interested in open source software <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/news/fi-municipalities-increasingly-interested-in-open-source-software">http://www.osor.eu/news/fi-municipalities-increasingly-interested-in-open-source-software</a>>
</B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#666666"> | 25 January 2011 | Finland
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>LV: Valmiera municipality values its vendor independence <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/news/lv-valmiera-municipality-values-its-vendor-independence">http://www.osor.eu/news/lv-valmiera-municipality-values-its-vendor-independence</a>>
</B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#666666"> | 26 January 2011 | Latvia
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>CH: Public spending cuts for cantons using or migrating to free software <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/news/ch-public-spending-cuts-for-cantons-using-or-migrating-to-free-software">http://www.osor.eu/news/ch-public-spending-cuts-for-cantons-using-or-migrating-to-free-software</a>>
</B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#666666"> | 26 January 2011 | Swiss
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>US: Government instructs its procurers not to discriminate against open source software <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/news/us-government-instructs-its-procurers-not-to-discriminate-against-open-source-software">http://www.osor.eu/news/us-government-instructs-its-procurers-not-to-discriminate-against-open-source-software</a>>
</B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#666666"> | 27 January 2011 | US
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>RU: OSOR guidelines on procurement translated into Russian <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/news/ru-osor-guidelines-on-procurement-translated-into-russian">http://www.osor.eu/news/ru-osor-guidelines-on-procurement-translated-into-russian</a>>
</B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#666666"> | 27 January 2011 | Russia
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>EC Research Center makes available its open source guidelines <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/news/es-government-support-and-use-key-for-adoption-of-open-source">http://www.osor.eu/news/es-government-support-and-use-key-for-adoption-of-open-source</a>>
</B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#666666"> | 27 January 2011 | EU
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>FI: City of Helsinki to start open source desktop pilot <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/news/fi-city-of-helsinki-to-start-open-source-desktop-pilot">http://www.osor.eu/news/fi-city-of-helsinki-to-start-open-source-desktop-pilot</a>>
</B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#666666"> | 28 January 2011 | Finland
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>INT: The Document Foundation joins OpenDoc Society <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/news/int-the-document-foundation-joins-opendoc-society">http://www.osor.eu/news/int-the-document-foundation-joins-opendoc-society</a>>
</B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#666666"> | 28 January 2011 | World Wide
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>RO: E-government software site locked in to proprietary software <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/news/ro-e-government-software-site-locked-in-to-proprietary-software">http://www.osor.eu/news/ro-e-government-software-site-locked-in-to-proprietary-software</a>>
</B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#666666"> | 28 January 2011 | Romania
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>DE: Freiburg: open source office three to four times cheaper <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/news/de-freiburg-open-source-office-three-to-four-times-cheaper">http://www.osor.eu/news/de-freiburg-open-source-office-three-to-four-times-cheaper</a>>
</B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#666666"> | 28 January 2011 | Germany
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>PL: 'Ninety percent op public administrations use open source' <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/news/pl-ninety-percent-op-public-administrations-use-open-source">http://www.osor.eu/news/pl-ninety-percent-op-public-administrations-use-open-source</a>>
</B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#666666"> | 31 January 2011 | Poland
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>EC prefers open source for new IT systems deployed by contractors <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/news/ec-prefers-open-source-for-new-it-systems-deployed-by-contractors">http://www.osor.eu/news/ec-prefers-open-source-for-new-it-systems-deployed-by-contractors</a>>
</B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT COLOR="#666666"> | 31 January 2011 | EU<BR>
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</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>| <FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>View all events <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/events">http://www.osor.eu/events</a>> <BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>Foss Lviv 2011 <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/events/foss-lviv-2011">http://www.osor.eu/events/foss-lviv-2011</a>> <BR>
</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#666666"> | 1 - 4 February 2011 | Lviv, Ukraine<BR>
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An International Research and Practice Conference on open source software will be held in early February in Lviv, Ukraine.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>Linux & Open Source Expo, London <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/events/linux-open-source-expo-london">http://www.osor.eu/events/linux-open-source-expo-london</a>> <BR>
</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#666666"> | 2 - 3 February 2011 | Barbican Hall 1 London, UK<BR>
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The Linux & Open Source Expo 2011 is the United Kingdom�s only dedicated Linux and open cource conference and exhibition. According to the organisers there is a natural synergy with cloud computing, virtualization and open source.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>Free and Opensource Software Developers European Meeting 2011 <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/events/free-and-opensource-software-developers-european-meeting-2011">http://www.osor.eu/events/free-and-opensource-software-developers-european-meeting-2011</a>> <BR>
</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#666666"> | 5 - 6 February 2011 | Brussels, Belgium<BR>
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FOSDEM (Free and Opensource Software Developers European Meeting) is taking place on the weekend of February 5 and 6 in Brussels, Belgium. It is one of the largest and most popular FOSS events on the planet, with around three hundred talks, many free and open source software projects, and free entrance for everyone.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>BE: First Drupal Developer Days Brussels 2011 <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/events/be-first-drupal-developer-days-brussels-2011-1">http://www.osor.eu/events/be-first-drupal-developer-days-brussels-2011-1</a>> <BR>
</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#666666"> | 5 - 6 February 2011 | Brussels, Belgium<BR>
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The conference will take place in parallel with the 2011 edition of Europe's largest open source gathering called �Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting� (FOSDEM). This two-day event will be preceded by a code sprint on 4 February 2011.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>Brno Developers Conference 2011 <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/events/brno-developers-conference-2010">http://www.osor.eu/events/brno-developers-conference-2010</a>> <BR>
</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#666666"> | 11 - 12 February 2011 | Brno, Czech Republic<BR>
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The Brno Developers Conference is an open conference for developers, administrators and users of Linux and JBoss. The conference is organized by Red Hat in the Czech Republic.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>FR: Richard Stallman's Conference at Lille's Political Studies Institute <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/events/fr-richard-stallmans-conference-at-lilles-political-studies-institute">http://www.osor.eu/events/fr-richard-stallmans-conference-at-lilles-political-studies-institute</a>> <BR>
</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#666666"> | 23 February 2011 | Lille, France<BR>
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Richard Stallman is a key figure of free software. At this conference whose theme is 'Free software and your freedom' Mr. Stallman will present the philosophy of the free software movement as well as the current status and history of the GNU project. The GNU project, in combination with the Linux kernel, is used by tens of millions of people worldwide.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#006699"><B>Fifth ODF plugfest <<a href="http://www.osor.eu/events/fifth-odf-plugfest">http://www.osor.eu/events/fifth-odf-plugfest</a>> <BR>
</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#666666"> | 24 - 25 February 2011 | Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, United Kingdom<BR>
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The ODF plugfests are an ongoing series of vendor-neutral events, bringing together implementers and stakeholders of the standard. The goal is to achieve maximum interoperability by running scenario-based tests in a hands-on manner and discuss new and proposed features of the ODF specification.<BR>
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