[LUG] Open Source group wins €2.6m EC grant

[Jonathan Melhuish <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just spotted this on the Register (apologies to those who saw it 
yesterday, I haven't been keeping up):

"The Consortium for Open Source in Public Administration (Cospa) 
launches today with the goal of increasing and improving the use of open 
source software across Europe.  Partly-funded by the European 
Commission, the group will provide advice and expertise to government 
bodies which want to use non-proprietary software." - 
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/16/cospa_open_source/

Which sounds like a pretty good idea to me.  In fact, there may be 
businesses who will read their findings with interest, as many of the 
activities that government bodies perform (data processing and storage, 
web services, etc.) aren't radically different to those used in industry.

Cheers,

Jon


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