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Open Source Observatory and Repository for European public administrations
Monthly Open Source News Service -- 24 July 2009
Welcome to the Monthly Open Source News Service of the
OSOR project!
This monthly alert keeps you updated with news related to the use
of Free/Libre/Open Source software (FLOSS) in the public sector
in Europe. It includes the latest FLOSS software-related news,
activities, initiatives and insights from across Europe and
beyond.
Enjoy reading â and visit us at http://osor.eu!
OSOR FOCUS
Virtual Forge Service - have your own open source repository
There are already many national and regional repositories, which collect open
source source applications useful for municipalities and other public
administrations. However setting up and operating such a repository can be very
costly and time consuming (believe us, we know!): one has to buy servers,
internet connection, install the necessary applications, hire experts to
operate the site 24/7... This needs a lot of commitment both in human and in
financial resources.
OSOR.eu would like to make it easier for you to set up your national, regional
or local repository. We are now offering you our Virtual Forge service, with
which you can set up your own open source repository fully customizable with
the your language and the branding of your local public administration. Did we
mention that it is free? We provide the service so that you can focus on the
content.
http://www.osor.eu/osor-virtual-forge
Project Template - a new prospect of your project
OSOR's second new feature, Project Template, supplies up-to-date information on
the software development projects on the site. Development metrics provide
insight in each of these projects and IT decision makers will find useful
estimates on the total cost of ownership, based on source line of code (SLOC)
analysis.
http://www.osor.eu/communities/osor/the-project-template
LATEST NEWS - http://www.osor.eu/news
DE: Open source business process design tool 'ready for public sector'
30 July 2009 | Germany
http://www.osor.eu/news/de-open-source-business-process-design-tool-ready-for-public-sector
EU: Over thirty MEPs from seven member states support free software
30 July 2009 | European Union
http://www.osor.eu/news/eu-over-thirty-meps-from-seven-member-states-support-free-software
EU: Microsoft offers to include rival browsers to settle EC case
29 July 2009 | European Union
http://www.osor.eu/news/eu-microsoft-offers-to-include-rival-browsers-to-settle-ec-case
BE: Flemish Region to educate citizens about open source
29 July 2009 | Belgium
http://www.osor.eu/news/be-flemish-region-to-educate-citizens-about-open-source
New journal on legal questions of open source
28 July 2009
http://www.osor.eu/news/new-journal-on-legal-questions-of-open-source
NO: Government adopts open standards
28 July 2009 | Norway
http://www.osor.eu/news/no-government-adopts-open-standards
EC: IT standards policy should accommodate open source
24 July 2009 | European Union
http://www.osor.eu/news/ec-it-standards-policy-should-accommodate-open-source
LV: Ministry studying open source for government mail and groupware
22 July 2009 | Latvia
http://www.osor.eu/news/lv-ministry-studying-open-source-for-government-mail-and-groupware
PL: Jaworzno moves schools to open source desktops
14 July 2009 | Poland
http://www.osor.eu/news/pl-jaworzno-moves-schools-to-open-source-desktops
NL: Two-thirds of ministries have an open source strategy
10 July 2009 | The Netherlands
http://www.osor.eu/news/nl-two-thirds-of-ministries-have-an-open-source-strategy
CH: Court to BBL: 'Continue using proprietary licences at own risk'
03 July 2009 | Switzerland
http://www.osor.eu/news/ch-court-to-bbl-continue-using-proprietary-licences-at-own-risk
NL: Dutch police will study moving to open source
03 July 2009 | The Netherlands
http://www.osor.eu/news/nl-dutch-police-will-study-moving-to-open-source
Open source repository to offer tailored development space
30 June 2009 | European Institutions
http://www.osor.eu/news/open-source-repository-to-offer-tailored-development-space
PT: Advocacy group criticises government portal, builds alternative
30 June 2009 | Portugal
http://www.osor.eu/news/pt-advocacy-group-criticises-government-portal-builds-alternative
UK: 'Police systems should be open source to ensure interoperability'
30 June 2009 | United Kingdom
http://www.osor.eu/news/uk-police-systems-should-be-open-source-to-ensure-interoperability
DE: Art colleges move desktop and servers to open source
30 June 2009 | Germany
http://www.osor.eu/news/de-art-colleges-move-desktop-and-servers-to-open-source
RO: Government promises to study benefits of open source next time
30 June 2009 | Romania
http://www.osor.eu/news/ro-government-promises-to-study-benefits-of-open-source-next-time
DE: 'Public administrations' move to open source is gaining momentum'
30 June 2009 | Germany
http://www.osor.eu/news/de-public-administrations-move-to-open-source-is-gaining-momentum
DE: Government reinforces open source resource centre
29 June 2009 | Germany
http://www.osor.eu/news/de-government-reinforces-open-source-resource-centre
UPCOMING EVENTS - http://osor.eu/events
DE: Open Source Festival 2009
25 July 2009 | Düsseldorf Grafenberg, Germany
http://www.osor.eu/events/open-source-festival-2009
The fourth edition of the festival is divided into
a day and a night rail. More than one thousand people
are expected to participate in the event. Various local,
national, and international bands will be on stage.
PT: YAPC EU 2009
03 - 05 August 2009 | Lisbon, Portugal
http://www.osor.eu/events/yapc-eu-2009
The tenth edition of the "Yet Another Perl Conference"
will be held in in the Faculty of Sciences, University
of Lisbon, Portugal, from 3 to 5 August 2009.
UK: UKUUG Summer Conference 2009
07 - 09 August 2009 | Birmingham, United Kingdom
http://www.osor.eu/events/ukuug-summer-conference-2009
UKUUG Summer Conference 2009 will take place from
7th to 9th August 2009 at the Birmingham Conservatoire,
School of Music, Birmingham City University.
UK: UKUUG Tutorial on Request Tracker
11 August 2009 | London, United Kingdom
http://www.osor.eu/events/ukuug-tutorial-on-request-tracker
This one day event will provide a general training on
Request Tracker (RT), an enterprise-grade ticketing system
written in object-oriented Perl, which enables a group of
people to manage tasks, issues, and requests submitted by a
community of users. The RT platform has been under development
since 1996, and is used by systems administrators, customer
support staffs, IT managers, developers and marketing
departments at thousands of sites around the world.
Free Software Kosovo
29 - 30 August 2009 | Pristina, Kosovo
http://www.osor.eu/events/free-software-kosovo
>From 29 to 30 of August, the University of Pristina
will hold the first Software Freedom Conference
in Kosovo. This event aims to bring together local
developers and the international community.
FR: Drupal Conference 2009
01 - 05 September 2009 | Paris, France
http://www.osor.eu/events/drupal-conference-2009
2009 edition of the Drupal Conference will be held
at the "Maison Internationale" of Paris, France,
from 1 to 5 September. The aim of this conference
is to provide developers and business people with
a platform to exchange ideas, find partners, conceive
projects, and strengthen the Drupal community's ties.
More than eight hundred people coming from all over
the world are expected to participate in this five
days event.
UK: European BSD conference 2009
18 - 20 September 2009 | Cambridge, United Kingdom
http://www.osor.eu/events/european-bsd-conference-2009
The ninth edition of this conference, dedicated to the
Berkeley Software Distribution family of computer operating
systems, aims to provide the community with an overview of
new ideas and to present some of the developers behind the
different BSDs.
DE: Linux Congress and Open Solaris Developers Conference
27 - 30 September 2009 | Dresden, Germany
http://www.osor.eu/events/linux-congress-and-open-solaris-developers-conference
>From 22th to 25th September 2009, two events will
simultaneously take place in Hamburg, Germany: the
sixteenth edition of the Linux-Congress, organised
by the German Unix User Group (GUUG), and the third
edition of the OpenSolaris Developer Conference,
organised by the Czech OpenSolaris User Group (CZOSUG).
CH: OpenExpo 2009
23 - 24 September 2009 | Winterthur, Switzerland
http://www.osor.eu/events/openexpo-2009-1
The second edition of Swiss OpenExpo will focus
on two different issues related to open source:
sustainability and innovation. Various conferences
will be organised during this two days expo, which
is open to IT managers, technology managers and
software developers.
FR: Open World Forum 2009
01 - 02 October 2009 | Paris, France
http://www.osor.eu/events/open-world-forum-2009
The Open World Forum is a global summit bringing together
decision-makers from across the world to discuss the
technological, financial and social impact of open
technologies. Focusing on FLOSS, it will be dedicated
to cross-fertilize initiatives for innovation and economic
growth thanks to open technology. The title of the event is:
"FLOSS: at the heart of the digital recovery". The event will
take place in the Convention Center Eurosite Georges V, in Paris.
DE: German OpenOffice.org conference on economic and management
06 - 07 October 2009 | Wiesbaden, Germany
http://www.osor.eu/events/german-openoffice.org-conference-on-economic-and-management
The first German OpenOffice.org conference dedicated to public
administration will be held in the thermal city of Wiesbaden,
Germany, on 6 and 7 October 2009. The target of the event is
mainly composed of decision makers from the instititional
and business sectors. The conference is organised by
OpenOffice.org Deutschland eV.
BE: European OpenSource & Free Software Law Event (EOLE) 2009
13 October 2009 | Brussels, Belgium
http://www.osor.eu/events/european-opensource-free-software-law-event-eole-2009
The European OpenSource & Free Software Law Event (EOLE) aims
to promote the sharing and dissemination of legal knowledge
on open source licenses, as well as the development and
promotion of good practice. The scientific orientation
led to pay particular attention to the delivery of
qualitative information on a neutral and non-partisan
basis.
UK: UKUUG DNS Tutorial
13 October 2009 | London, United Kingdom
http://www.osor.eu/events/ukuug-dns-tutorial
This one day tutorial is intended for Domaine Name Server (DNS)
administrators who wish to extend their understanding of how to
configure and manage name servers running BIND9. Participants
should already have some experience of configuring and running
a name server and be familiar with DNS jargon, resource records
as well as the syntax of zone files and named.conf.
IT: OpenOffice.org Conference 2009
03 - 05 November 2009 | Orvieto, Italy
http://www.osor.eu/events/openoffice.org-conference-2009
2009 edition of the OpenOffice.org Conference (OOoCon 2009)
will take place in Orvieto, Italy, from 3 to 5 November 2009.
Please note that the exact dates and the location need to be confirmed.
FR: PGDay.EU 2009
06 - 07 November 2009 | Paris, France
http://www.osor.eu/events/pgday.eu-2009
2009 edition of the PostgreSQL will be held in Paris, France,
on 6-7 November 2009. The event, expected by the organisers
to be the largest European PostgreSQL conference of the year,
will be jointly organised with PostgreSQLFr.
IT: GFOSS DAY 2009
11 - 12 November 2009 | Bolzano, Italy
http://www.osor.eu/events/gfoss-day-2009
The second edition of the Italian Conference on Geospatial
Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) will be held in Bolzano,
Italy, on 11 and 12 November 2009. The conference will take
place at TIS Innovation Park. The aim of this two days event
is to report on the state of the art of Geospatial Free and
Open Source Software in Italy, with particular emphasis on
its commercial applications.
HU: 2009 International ILIAS Conference
12 - 13 November 2009 | Budapest, Hungary
http://www.osor.eu/events/2009-international-ilias-conference
The eight edition of the international ILIAS conference
will be hosted by the Dennis Gabor Applied University (DGAU)
for applied sciences. The main topics of the conference are:
best practice for using ILIAS in e-learning, content creation
and re-use, incl. SCORM and eLAIX, quality management,
and online assessment.
SE: Free Society conference 2009
13 - 15 November 2009 | Gothenburg, Sweden
http://www.osor.eu/events/free-society-conference-2009
The third edition of FSCONS aims to bridge the gap
between free software and cultural freedom, bringing
together the different movements working for digital freedom.
IT: South Tyrol Free Software Conference 2009
13 November 2009 | Bolzano, Italy
http://www.osor.eu/events/south-tyrol-free-software-conference-2009
The fourth edition of the South Tyrol Free Software
Conference will take place in Bolzano, Italy,
on 13 November 2009. This year edition will be
held at TIS Innovation Park.
ES: Fifth gvSIG Conference
02 - 04 December 2009 | Valencia, Spain
http://www.osor.eu/events/fifth-gvsig-conference
The fifth edition of the gvSIG conference will
take place in the Convention and Exhibition Centre
of Valencia, Spain. This event is organized by
the Regional Ministry of Infrastructure and
Transport (CIT). The second EclipseDay will be
held at this event too.
DE: Open source meets business 2010
26 - 28 January 2010 | Nuremberg, Germany
http://www.osor.eu/events/open-source-meets-business-2010
This edition of "open source meets business" will focus
on the gain of open source software and how to make it
happen. The event is open to decision makers, leading IT
industry players, and heads of the open source community.
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