[OSGeo-Discuss] Gov't adopting open source ?

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On Fri, 2010-01-15 at 02:02 -0800, Ravi wrote: 

> Hi.
> in India the southern state of Kerala is officially committed to Open Source.
> 
> http://www.catfoss.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=57
> 
> Cheers
> Ravi Kumar
> 
> --- On Fri, 15/1/10, Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas <jsanz at osgeo.org> wrote:
> 
> > From: Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas <jsanz at osgeo.org>
> > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gov't adopting open source ?
> > To: "OSGeo Discussions" <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
> > Date: Friday, 15 January, 2010, 3:10 AM
> > 2010/1/14 andrea giacomelli <pibinko at gmail.com>:
> > > Hi Tyler
> > >
> > > 2010/1/14 Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) <tmitchell at osgeo.org>:
> > >> I'm just starting to dig into this question
> > myself, but thought I'd ask if
> > >> anyone else knows of a resource/document/site,
> > etc. that shows which
> > >> governments (nationally, regional or municipal)
> > have committed to open
> > >> source software?
> > >
> > >
> > > 1) in Europe, there is OSOR, which is the Open Source
> > observatory. www.osor.eu
> > >
> > > This can be a good source.
> > 
> > Maybe more related with use cases is ePractice[1], another
> > european
> > portal focused on use cases in public administration.
> > 
> > In fact, OSOR, ePractice and SEMIC are three parallel
> > efforts of the
> > European Union to promote free software on public admin.
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > [1] http://www.epractice.eu/
> > [2] http://www.semic.eu
> > -- 
> > Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas
> > Ingeniero en Geodesia y Cartografía
> > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jorge_Sanz
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