Subject: Wilhelm Tux: Free software and open standards for Government projects
Date: 2002-09-18 Wednesday 18th September 2002 Speaker: Robert RIBNITZ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Language: Presentation: German Questions: English, German, French. Place: F�d�ral Entrecote Caf�, Place f�d�rale (Bundesplatz) More details/registration: http://www.ch-open.ch/html/events/lunchbe.html Content: Presentation of the Wilhelm Tux / Guillaume Tux Campaign. Abstract: Willhelmtux/Guillaumetux (Official German name: Wilhelmtux - Kampagne f�r Freie Software) is a non-profit association that was founded in order to promote the use of Free Software in Switzerland. The presentation will focus on the ideas that led to the creation of Wilhemtux. To summarize, these are: - Many people contribute to Open Source Software. Free Software (free as in freedom, not as in absence of cost) can therefore "ripen" much faster, leading to more stable operation. Innovation thorugh continual improvement. - Free Software can build trust, and foster competition. It is no longer the products that are competing, but the services sourrounding them. For this reason, the government should contemplate the use of Free Software (esp. projects paid for by the population, through the Swiss National Funds System.) - Open Standards warrant for future development. A Webpage complying to HTML 1.0 will still be usable in 10 years time. Will the text that you wrote this morning with your office suite? It will also present some of the ongoing projects at Wilhemtux, give an outlook over the plans for the short-term future as well as point out possible ways for a co-operation with like-minded organisations. You can also look at: http://www.wilhelmtux.ch - Pour poster une annonce: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
