Czech Republic
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Groups in eleven EU member states participate in Document Freedom Day
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Mar 23, 2010
Read comments (None yet) - In at least eleven EU member states, groups promoting the use of open standards and open source software, are preparing for Document Freedom Day, 31 March. With workshops, presentations and demonstrations, they aim to make computer users aware of open formats for electronic documents. Many groups will focus on public administrations and governments.
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CZ: Ministry funds open source document management system
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Jun 12, 2009
- The Czech Interior ministry has funded the development of an open source document management system (DMS) meant especially for public administrations.
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CZ: High profile city district reverses GNU/Linux desktop migration
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Nov 27, 2008
- The south city district of Ostrava, the Czech Republic's third largest city, in January is replacing all 230 GNU/Linux desktops once more by Microsoft. Reversing its migration to open source costs the city district 3.7 million CZK (about 150 thousand euro). A source close to the city district says the open source desktop is plagued by compatibility issues. "Almost everybody else uses Microsoft."
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CZ: Administrations keen to use Open Source document management system
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Oct 14, 2008
- City councils and other public administrations in the Czech republic are eager to test a newly developed Open Source Document Management System (DMS), reports the Open Source Software Alliance.
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CZ: Lenovo fails to silence GNU/Linux user on Windows refund
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Aug 31, 2008
- A GNU/Linux user who failed to get PC producer Lenovo to reimburse him for an unwanted Microsoft licence, was paid the same amount by the website where he posted the details of his negotiations.
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CZ: Open Source training draws 600 students
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Apr 12, 2007
- Open Source training courses provided by the Czech ministry of Informatics drew some six hundred students last year.
