"A broad movement of campaigners and organizations is calling on everybody to join action against excessive surveillance by governments and businesses. On 11 October 2008, concerned people in many countries will take to the streets, the motto being «Freedom not fear 2008». Peaceful and creative action, from protest marches to parties, will take place in many capital cities..."
Read more »International Action Day «Freedom not fear - Stop the surveillance mania!» on 11 October 2008
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RMS attacks Oyster's 'unethical' use of GNU systems & Free Software
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RMS: «The GNU system (often called "Linux") has been developed, since 1984, for the sake of computer users' freedom. Ironically it is now the basis for a system designed to smother the freedom of the people of London, through online payments to Oyster cards. [...]»
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U.S. Patent Office gets funding increase
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has received a budget increase of about 9 percent for the government's 2008 fiscal year, prompting praise from some tech groups.
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Leading Italian Organizations Rely on Red Hat Solutions for Performance Enhancements and Cost-Savings
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Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that three leading Italian organizations, including CSI-Piemonte, one of the top fifteen software and services companies in Italy, Iride Energia, a leading thermal and electric energy provider in Italy and the City of Marsala have found success with Red Hat solutions.
Read more »Source of freedom
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Welcome to the world of open source software, as opposed to the proprietary software that provides large and enduring revenue streams for Bill Gates and Larry Ellison.
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Denmark to test Open XML, ODF next year
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Denmark's government agencies will be required to handle two competing document format standards, the Open Document Format (ODF) and Microsoft Corp.'s Open XML, during a one-year test period that will begin next year.
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Massachusetts Far Behind on Open Document Format Adoption
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Massachusetts' open formats policy is off to a slow start with only 250 of the government's 50,000 PCs outfitted with the necessary technology. Since the policy was publicly introduced last year, the plan has seen resistance from state employees and Microsoft, lobbying heavily against the format change.
Read more »Good enough for government work? Red Hat Linux receives top-notch security rating
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IBM anticipates that the enhanced EAL4 security certification earned by Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 5 earlier this month will further its adoption by businesses and government entities worldwide.
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