EU IDA Study On OSS

Werner writes ""European Commission Interchange of Data between Administration" (EU IDA) study on the use of open source software in the European public sector - you can get it in PDF or DOC."

Comments

Re:.doc?

[gnugnugnu]

> How many would have been able to read an AbiWord document?

Anyone who downloaded the ~3MB of Abiword from Abisource.com.
I dont think it would be unreasonable to offer it in abw format, Its not like Adobe Acrobat Reader comes as standard with windows.

its beyond me hy they dont just offer it online in HTML and then offer the other formats for anyone who wants to print it (or even Zipped Html for those who want to read it offline).

Mirror (available for a short time)

[Stentapp]

Here's a mirror of the PDF documents:

http://www.informatik.umu.se/~meson/oss-eu/

Please use the main site if possible. Don't know if the sysadmin likes this mirror :)

Well it's not pretty but it works

[Anonymous Coward]

1. The OSS Fact sheet

2. The report on OSS usage and experience made

3. The report on market structure and issues related to public procurement

Annex. OSS alphabetical list and software identification

Unisys conducting a study on Open Source?

[Copperhead]

My dad has worked for Unisys for 25 years, and has often commented how much they are in bed with Microsoft. While I will continue to read the document, I have a difficult time believing that the report could truly be objective.

This is a link to Microsoft's Partnership Profile on Unisys' web site.

"Unisys and Microsoft have had a working relationship since the early 1980s, and a strategic partnership for over 10 years, meeting the information technology needs of clients. Today Microsoft products are an important part of virtually all Unisys solutions and technology platforms. Because of the increasing success of this relationship Unisys has been named a Tier 1 partner for Microsoft.