Sunday, January 25, 2009
McNealy asked by Obama to advise on Open Source
The BBC reports that Obama has asked former Sun CEO, Scott McNealy, to prepare a paper on the benefits of open source for the US government and the country. That is very interesting news. It would be even more interesting if concrete government actions are going to be taken to strengthen the position of open source.
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France and Italy parliaments moving to Linux
Starting in June 2007, PCs in French deputes' offices will be equipped with a Linux operating system and open-source productivity software.
Open-source supporters have welcomed the decision. Benoît Sibaud, president of April, the association for the research into and promotion of open-source computing, said the decision to migrate to open source will enable the French parliament to have greater control over its information technology without depending on any one vendor and to make better use of public money.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-150389.html
Per Folena, presidente della Commissione Cultura "si tratta di una decisione straodinaria e assai rilevante. L'istituzione centrale del paese, il Parlamento- osserva - decide non solo di risparmiare - di per sè un obiettivo importantissimo -, ma soprattutto di rendersi indipendente sul piano tecnologico, adottando un sistema open source e quindi liberandosi dai vincoli del software proprietario. In tal modo si va incontro alle esigenze di trasparenza e di sicurezza che sono doverose per una istituzione pubblica".
http://www.repubblica.it/2007/07/sezioni/scienza_e_tecnologia/linux-parlamento/linux-parlamento/linux-parlamento.html
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