[Linuxtrent] Europe joins Linux revolution
- From: "Marco Ciampa" <ciampix@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: linuxtrent@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:30:10 +0200
http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39163188,00.htm
Europe joins Linux revolution
EC public sector co-operating with move to open source...
By Gemma Simpson
Published: Friday 13 October 2006
The European Commission is to spend â4m on an open source observatory and
repository (Osor) to span the member states and enable them to share
information across the public sector.
The Osor will be a common repository where neighbouring member states'
administrations can share software code and knowledge about open source.
The project aims to improve the return on IT investments and make
applications more interoperable so common projects, such as mutual
recognition of e-ID card formats - which differ from state to state - can be
developed across the members' borders.
Unisys Belgium will create and manage the Osor.
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A spokesman for Unisys said the only problems he envisages in implementing
the system will be with organisational and legal issues, as it crosses
multiple administrations with different cultures and budgets.
The Osor, aimed only at the public sector, will serve 100,000 users and is
an extension of the Commission's existing Open Source Observatory web
portal. It is expected to be operational by late 2007.
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