@Connectask, Nice collection...Hope this gives some quick insight to the government and ministers of this nation.
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 7:36 PM, connectask <[email protected]> wrote: > > tala ko news mou sign garne hamro mantri or sachib ko hunlai ek patak > padna bhandinu paryo. > > > Government/Public Sector > Entity Background > German Bundesagentur fuer Arbeit (BA) The German government's agency > for labor has migrated 13,000 information terminals from Windows to > Linux. > French Ministry for Education The ministry has migrated over 3,000 > servers to Linux - nearly all of their servers - with the majority > running Red Hat. > Library of Congress, USA Thousands of rare historic documents housed > by the Library of Congress are being digitalized using Linux clusters > and other Linux-based systems and the open source Scribe system. > Portuguese Ministry of Justice The Ministry of Justice of Portugal is > implementing a plan called LISA to incorporate Free and Open Source > software into their IT infrastructure as a way to be innovative while > also cutting costs. > Swedish Armed Forces The Armed Forces of Sweden announced in February > of 2007 that they would be migrating their servers from Windows NT to > Red Hat Enterprise Linux. > Government of Switzerland In mid-December 2005, the Swiss government > announced that it would be carrying out a large-scale migration of > servers to Novell's SUSE Linux. > Berlin, Germany The city government of Berlin announced in early > December, 2005 that they would be migrating most of their 58.000 > Windows desktops to Linux. > New Zealand's Inland Revenue The Inland Revenue Department of New > Zealand announced in late October 2005 that they would be migrating > 7,000 desktop systems to Linux. > Munich, Germany Munich's city government announced it was migrating > its entire IT operations to the Linux platform in 2002. Despite a > personal visit from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, the German city is > continuing with its plans to switch 14,000 desktops to Linux. > The Government of Japan The Ministry of Internal Affairs and > Communications announced in early October 2005 its plans to key > government systems to Linux in order to decrease its dependency on > Microsoft products. > Junta de Extramadura, Spain The Junta de Extremadura, the regional > government of Extremadura, is a pioneer in the use of Linux in the > public sector. They have also developed their own Linux distribution > called LinEx. The have embarked on a large-scale migration of their IT > infrastructure, which includes switching 14 hospitals and over 400 > local health care centers to Linux. The have also installed Linux in > 80,000 computers in their public schools. > Vienna, Austria Officials in Vienna's city government announced at the > beginning of 2005 that they would be migrating one third of their > desktops to Linux. Other desktops, though still running Windows, would > be using OpenOffice. They are also reportedly developing their own > Linux distribution, called Wienux. > Bergen, Norway Norway's second largest city announced in June, 2004 > its plans to migrate its core IT infrastructure to Linux. A > combination of Unix and Windows servers will be phased out and > replaced with servers running Linux. > South African Revenue Service The South African Revenue serviced > announced in April of 2005 that it was moving its SAP system on to > Linux servers running Novell's SUSE Linux. > Ministry of Health, New Zealand New Zealand's Ministry of Health > announced in February 2005 that they were migrating servers running > Windows to Linux. > Largo, Florida, USA The city of Largo, Florida was one of the first > high-profile migrations to Linux in the public sector. The switch > began in 2000 when David Richards, the systems administrator for the > city began switching webservers to Red Hat Linux. He followed in 2001 > by beginning the change to thin clients running Linux. > Pinellas County, Florida Public access to county court records > database is provided by servers running Linux. > Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana The city of Bloomington's > emergency dispatch system runs on Linux. Police and fire crews are > managed by the system. > United States Postal Service One of the earliest known Linux adoptions > was the U.S. Postal Service's switch to Linux in 1997. A Linux-based > system was set up to run OCR equipment that recognizes the destination > addresses on letters. > Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts It was announced in November > of 2003 that PEC Solutions of Fairfax, Virginia would be taking on the > task of migrating the Federal Judiciary's entire national IT > infrastructure to Linux. The system will handle case management, > finance and accounting, probation and pretrial services, and case- > tracking management. > The Federal Government of Brazil Linux and Open Source software will > be mandatory for government agencies in Brazil according to a > presidential decree being drafted in early 2005. > Mexico City, Mexico The capital of Mexico has been migrating its IT > infrastructure to Linux since the election of Mayor Andrés Manuel > López Obrador in 2000. > National Security Agency, USA One of the pillars of the intelligence > community of the United States, the NSA developed its own custom > enhancements to the Linux kernel, known as Security Enhanced Linux or > SE Linux. > Department of Human Services, New Jersey, USA State IT officials > migrated the Child-Welfare Implementation System to Linux, greatly > speeding up the time it takes case workers to access records. > The State of Nebraska, USA The State of Nebraska has migrated some of > its key IT infrastructure to Linux. > United States Census Bureau The Fast Facts website is a Linux-based > web application. > United States Department of Energy Pacific Northwest National > Laboratory uses a Beowulf cluster powered by Linux servers. In 2002, > it was the most powerful Linux-based system in the world. > Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), USA The FBI's Dallas, Texas > office uses a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP/Perl/Python) solution > to provide an Emergency Response Network. The system links federal, > state and local agency and insures fast response times in the event of > emergencies. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA NASA has > been a long time user of Linux and Open Source software. Debian GNU/ > Linux was used to control experiments on the Space Shuttle mission > STS-83 in April, 1997 > State of Mississippi, USA The state's Automated System Project, which > runs on Linux servers, coordinates state, local and federal law > enforcement agencies' access to information. The project, funded by > the US Department of Homeland Security, serves as a model for a future > nationwide system. > Ministry of Information and Communication, South Korea The ministry is > funding projects within the South Korean government that use Linux and > Open Source. > The Government of Venezuela President Hugo Chavez issued a decree in > December 2004 that calls on the Minister for Science and Technology to > draw up a national plan for transition of Venezuela's public > administration to Open Source software. The Ministry of Sports and > Education, which has already made the switch, saved up to 4 billion > Bolivares in 2004 on their IT costs. > Government Open Code Collaborative, USA The states of Massachusetts, > New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Virginia and West > Virginia share Open Source applications through a repository at the > University of Rhode Island. GOCC hosts these applications for sharing > among government entities and non-profits. > Central Scotland Police, Scotland, UK Central Scotland Police have > developed a Linux-based system to facilitate the public's access to > government data as mandated in the Freedom of Information Act. > Centrelink, Australia Centrelink is the government agency that > distributes social security payments in Australia. The agency's 27,000 > staff will use a Linux-based system to distribute $55 billion AU to > over 6 million users. > Ministry of Finance, Denmark The Ministry uses a JBoss application > server running on Red Hat Linux to exchange XML data among ministries > in Denmark. > United States Navy The US Navy employs Linux clusters to run sonar > systems on nuclear submarines. > Federal Ministry of Education, Nigeria Education officials in Nigeria > had migrated 35 high schools to Linux in 2003. > Northern Territory, Australia The government of the Northern Territory > has pledged to increase the use of open source technologies. As of May > 2005, $35 million AU has been spent already migrating desktops to > Linux. > > > If you know of any government or public sector Linux deployment that > we haven't listed here, please contact the webmaster: > webmaster**AT**linux.org > > Source: http://www.linux.org/info/linux_govt.html > > > On Jun 15, 9:30 pm, prabin gautam <[email protected]> wrote: > > its a mindblowing article which is not only balanced but also with > > identified consequences in near future. > > > > I think as a response to this or to make this issue regular in nagarik > > paper, We should either write article or help the writer preparing > article > > on benifit of Nation and FOSS Nepal. > > > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Bibek Paudel <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > The article is very balanced and informed, especially in Nepal's > context. > > > In my opinion, we should encourage the writer by commenting positively > on > > > his post. Here is the link: > > >http://nagariknews.com/economy/consumer/1960-2009-06-15-06-41-21.html > > > > > Bibek > > > > -- > > Prabin Gautam > > Open Source Developer > > prabin AT prabin DOT net DOT np > > Mob: +९7७9८4१२5९00१ > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
