[ILUG] [OT] Interesting Open Source & Linux stories from ENN

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Thought you might be interested in these articles from ENN 
[www.electricnews.net]

EU Open Source project to launch in Cork

Open Source software could provide a significant competitive 
advantage to European industry, according to the principals of the 
EU-funded CALIBRE project. 

The EU-funded CALIBRE project will aim change the current 
circumstance of the Open Source software (OSS) development model 
by organising conferences and well as an "influential" European 
Industrial Forum -- consisting of Europe's top companies -- who 
will formulate policy in relation to Open Source. Part of the 
project will also be to compile a database of Open Source success 
stories as well as document and distribute best practices. 
 
More at: http://www.electricnews.net/frontpage/news-9551214.html

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Linux supporters resist mutant penguins

Major players in the open source software sector have agreed to 
support a single version of Linux, to strengthen the operating 
system against Microsoft. 

The Free Standards Group (FSG), a non-profit trade organisation 
based in San Francisco, is expected to announce that the providers 
of Linux versions have agreed to back Linux Standard Base 2.0. The 
pact includes companies such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Intel 
and other companies that are selling Linux-based computers, 
software and services, such as Red Hat, Novell's SuSE, France's 
MandrakeSoft and China's Sun Wah Linux. 

More at: http://www.electricnews.net/frontpage/news-9552670.html

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