Slovenia

Groups in eleven EU member states participate in Document Freedom Day — published on Mar 23, 2010

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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.

SI: Complaint over government purchase of proprietary software — published on Mar 08, 2010

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Slovenia's court of Auditors and Slovenia's anti-corruption authority have received an anonymous complaint regarding the government's procuring of proprietary software licences for computer operating systems and office applications, Slovenian media reported last Month.

SI: Social Democrats want government to switch to open source — published on Feb 12, 2009

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The Social Democrat Party of Slovenia wants the government to move the public administration's IT systems to open source. Three members of Parliament, Luka Juri, Dejan Levanič and Matevž Frangež, say that moving away from proprietary systems will help the government to save money.

SI: Information desk for the elderly based on open source — published on Dec 09, 2008

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An information point and a web portal for elderly citizens in Slovenia, built using open source software, were unveiled in the city of Maribor in early October.

SL: Open Source Internet strategy for gerontology research centre — published on Jan 31, 2008

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A gerontology research project by Slovenia's Public Centre for Seniors (Dom Danice Vogrinec) is using Open Source software for collecting and verifying information, for keeping its researchers and assistants informed and for its website. The architecture was developed by Slovenia's Open Source Centre (COKS).

SL: Low interoperability hinders government adoption of Open Source desktop — published on Oct 23, 2007

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The government of Slovenia has no plans to develop an Open Source desktop policy, the government stated earlier this year.