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Linux Makes the Grade in California Schools

Friday, 05 June 2009 07:28 Jacqueline Emigh

A few growing pains aside, a Linux deployment in a Santa Rosa, CA elementary school district is maturing robustly, letting teachers and students stand apart from their previous dependence on Microsoft Windows while they try on new open software attitudes.

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Pursuing Government RFPs: A How-To Guide for Open Source

Tuesday, 02 June 2009 06:23 Todd R. Weiss

As they make software and hardware purchases, governments are creatures of habit.

They form long relationships with IT vendors and stick with them so they can keep their IT systems running with minimal interruptions.

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Government Users Start Looking Under Linux Hood

Tuesday, 26 May 2009 05:24 Todd R. Weiss

If you are a local government IT official in the U.S. today, it‚Äôs likely easier for you to pick up a phone and get easy, quick answers from proprietary software vendors to find technology products to fill your needs, rather than having to manually sort through the sometimes fragmented world of open source projects to find a good fit.

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City of Vancouver Embraces Open Data, Standards and Source

Monday, 25 May 2009 00:42 administrator

Vancouver city council has endorsed the principles of making its data open and accessible to everyone where possible...

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Creating FOSS Allies Through Volunteerism

Friday, 22 May 2009 05:18 Christian Einfeldt

We know that free and open source software (FOSS) is bigger than the code. It‚Äôs a powerful movement, with the potential to change the world in profound ways. Cooperation. Collaboration. The best minds working toward the best solutions they can imagine and making those ideas available to all, regardless of cash flow ‚Äî these ingredients make for quite a heady stew.

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