The EC has launched a new service known as the "Open Source Observatory": http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuseAction=showChapter&chapterID=452&preChapterID=0
I just looked through all these pages to see whether Debian is mentioned and to find out if we should submit more information. There is a section "Open Source practice" with "Case studies zooming in on certain Open Source adoptions in Member States." http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuseAction=showChapter&chapterID=470&preChapterID=0-452 There is already a case study about LinEx, but unfortunately it does not mention Debian at all. Since the author of this page is not listed, I contacted Jesus M Gonzalez-Barahona to see if he can get in touch with LinEx. I think that it would be great to have a case study about the adoption of Skolelinux. Unfortunately, the page says "Member States" so I'm not sure they'll accept a case study about Skolelinux in Norway. However, as Skolelinux is deployed in other countries a well, perhaps someone else can volunteer to write something? (and then mention all countries using Skolelinux) I will suggest to the Open Source Observatory to create a listing of FLOSS projects in the "Resources" section (listing KDE, GNOME, Debian, etc). They currently have a page about "OSS Centres and Organisations: by country" http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuseAction=showDocument&documentID=1631&parent=chapter&preChapterID=0-452-471 but none about specific projects. On the organization page, I think Skolelinux and NUUG should be listed (as other organizations in non-member countries are listed). Debian-ES can also be listed there later (HispaLinux is there already). Finally, there's a page "Reference documents in some EU Member States" which people might find interesting: http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuseAction=showDocument&documentID=1666&parent=chapter&preChapterID=0-452-471 Perhaps this page shows you contacts in your country with whom you can talk about Debian. In summary, I will contact them and suggest: - the creation of a listing of FLOSS projects - the addition of Skolelinux and NUUG to the "OSS Organisations" page. Anything else I've forgotten? -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
