*** apologies for multiple posting *** Folks, interesting report from OECD:
M-Government: Mobile Technologies for Responsive Governments and Connected Societies OECD Publishing http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/m-government-mobile-technologies-for-responsive-governments-and-connected-societies_9789264118706-en You can get it at the following (click on free/slow download): http://www.wupload.com/file/1177889131/9264118691.pdf http://www.filesonic.gr/file/2730334991/9264118691.pdf There are a number of quick mentions of open source, most significantly the following 2 para section on pages 100-101: "Mobile applications present unique usability challenges, and developers should follow best practices. Builders of mobile applications selecting from a range of platforms should determine the target audience, required technology power and the future of the platform. As mobile applications become more com-petitive and fragmented, some developers are turning to cross-platform open source development solutions. Popular open source tools include PhoneGap, QuickConnect, AppceleratorTitanium, as well as Funambol, appMobi, Core Plot, Ocify, and Tweetero. A number of mobile operating systems are now open source. "The Open Mobile Consortium is a community of mobile technologists and practitioners working to drive open source mobile solutions for more effective and efficient humanitarian relief and global social development. Their goals are to implement joint mobile solutions in the field, maximise interoperability and data-sharing capabilities between technologies and streamline development, deployment, and use of open source mobile tech-nologies. They share code, standards, plans, progress, and lessons learned." Open Mobile Consortium http://www.open-mobile.org Regards S. (Sam) Kritikos -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
