--- From: David Akin <dakinat_private> To: "'declanat_private'" <declanat_private> Subject: FWD: EU govt should share software Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 08:43:58 -0400 Hey Declan -- Hope the new job is going well. Something of interest, likely, for Politech -- [Press release] European administrations should share open source software resources, says report published by Commission European administrations should share software on an open source licensing basis, to cut soaring eGoverment information technology costs (set to rise by 28% to EUR 6.6 billion this year), says an independent study published by the European Commission. The "Pooling Open Source Software" study, financed by the Commission's Interchange of Data between Administrations (IDA) programme, recommends creating a clearing house to which administrations could "donate" software for re-use. This facility, which would concentrate on applications specific to the needs of the public sector, could encourage the replication of good practice in eGovernment services. ... [Full release: http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=IP/02/1010|0|RAPID&lg=EN David Akin --------------------------------------------------------- CTV News The Globe and Mail National Business Contributing Writer and Technology Correspondent --------------------------------------------------------- Office: 416.313.2503 dakinat_private Mobile: 416.528.3819 dakinat_private --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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