Following in the footsteps of billion-dollar company MySQL
One of the founders of MySQL and a global guru of the open source code, Widenius is investing in Finnish IT Mill. MySQL was sold to Sun Microsystems last January for one billion dollars. IT Mill is intended to be a success story built on the open source code, following the formula of Finland’s Widenius.
Michael ’Monty’ Widenius investing in Finnish IT Mill Read More »
A recent study by Open Forum Europe (OFE) has shown that 25% of all the procurements published in EU’s Tenders Electronic Daily service from 1.2. to 25.4.2008 may brake legistlation. These procurement documents (34 of them) contained mentions about software brand names, which is against the law.
Press release: A large amount of public procurements may be illegal in the EU Read More »
Open source procurement guide for Finnish public sector is available for comments. The guide, prepared by COSS, is intended to publish as a Public Administration Recommendation.
Recommendation draft and instructions how to send feedback are available at http://www.jhs-suositukset.fi//web/guest/alho-palautep2008-10-13 (only in Finnish). Please send your feedback before 10th October 2008.
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CAMSS is an initiative of the European Commission’s IDABC programme that aims to initiate, support and coordinate the collaboration between volunteer Member States in defining a “Common Assessment Method for Standards and Specifications” and to share the assessment study results for the development of eGovernment services. The CAMSS specification is now in draft phase. COSS commented the draft with the paper enclosed as PDF file.
COSS Comments on CAMSS Proposal Read More »
The new students of computer sciences in University of Helsinki get their hands to Linux (eeebuntu), as the University offers them Asus Eee PC mini laptops for use in their studies.
The light-weight laptops are supposed to make making notes and accessing the needed software easier. The computers’ small size makes it easy to always have them along.
University of Helsinki Offers Ubuntus for Computer Science Students Read More »
COSS, along with its partners, has sent a proposal to host both GUADEC and aKademy conferences on summer 2009. If the proposal is accepted, the conferences will be held united in the University of Tampere and its surroundings on late June and early July next year.
GUADEC (Gnome Users and Developers European Conference) has been held annually since 2000.
Proposal to host GUADEC and aKademy conferences Read More »
Logica Finland modernizes the user interfaces of its municipal business unit by IT Mill’s RIA technology and AJAX. This enhances the product development as well as the user interfaces and information security of the products. This is delivered to the citizens in form of better customer service and savings, as digitalisation conquers the public sector.
Logica counts on IT Mill’s RIA programming tool Read More »
The COSS operating report for the year 2007 has been published. It’s available in both English and Finnish.
COSS Operating Report Available Read More »