Malta

MT: Directive to boost uptake of open source — published on Jun 08, 2010

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Malta's public administration wants its institutions to increase their use of open source software. In a directive published early last week, the government says it also wants to share more of its own applications by publishing them using the European Union's open source licence (EUPL).

MT: Government starts open source user group — published on May 17, 2010

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The government of Malta has started the Government of Malta Open Source End User Group (Moseug) last month. The group is meant to become a major driving force behind open source initiatives in the country.

Tool to analyse maritime traffic risks made available as open source (EUPL) — published on Aug 31, 2009

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Safemed GIS, software that is used to offer web-based risk assessment of maritime traffic in the Mediterranean Sea, will shortly be made available as open source software, under the EUPL licence.

MT: Government reviews licence contracts, 'maybe weighing open source' — published on May 29, 2009

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The Maltese government is reviewing its existing software licence contracts, the Times of Malta newspaper reported last week Thursday, hinting that Malta is considering open source.

MT: Government agency supports Plone open source conference — published on Apr 16, 2009

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Malta's government agency for IT policy and IT projects, the Malta Information Technology Agency (MITA), is helping to organise a conference on the open source content management system Plone, next week Wednesday, coinciding with World Plone Day.

MT: Government to consider Open Source — published on Jul 15, 2008

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Malta's government is considering to use Open Source software, the newspaper Times of Malta reported recently.

MT: Malta to vote on OOXML tomorrow — published on Aug 30, 2007

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Malta this Friday will be the final EU member state to decide its OOXML vote at the International Organization for Standardization. ISO is to decide next week whether or not to accept OOXML as an international standard.

MT: Malta standards organisation to discuss OOXML — published on Aug 07, 2007

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The Malta Standards Authority will this Thursday begin discussing Office Open XML (OOXML), Microsoft's proposal for a document standard. The country has not yet decided whether it will cast a vote in early September, when the International Standardisation Organisation considers the proposal.

MT: Government and IBM provide free GNU/Linux trainings — published on Mar 21, 2007

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The Maltese government this month launched a free GNU/Linux training program. The courses are sponsored by IT services giant IBM, and are open to IT employees both within the public and the private sector. Malta hopes the courses will increase knowledge on Linux and stimulate interest in other Open Source technologies.