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Nordic Countries to Promote Open Source

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pining-for-the-fjords dept.

Nordic Avenger writes "The Nordic countries have launched a website to promote open source software to consumers and small businesses. People can submit open source software links as well as exchange information in the forums section. As the website states: 'Nordicos.org is a project of the Nordic Ministerial Council, and addresses the need for a comprehensive overview of open source software available for consumers'. Now, anybody eager to make good suggestions about software that normal people could find useful and live happily ever after in the open source world?"

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  1. Re: JOBS by KoolDude · · Score: 5, Funny


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  2. Won't change anything by Rectum2003 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "Normal" people don't give a sh*t about sites like that. What they need is cd's a la AOL filled with OpenOffice.Org, Mozilla Firebird&Thunderbird, a win32 port of Xine (Now THAT would be cool), ect... That and more exposure from mainstream media. I'm sorry but this is the only way OSS will really take off.

  3. Props to the North... by blcamp · · Score: 5, Interesting

    As an American who studied for a year in Sweden, I can say first-hand that the Nordic have always been at or near the cutting edge where software and technological issues are involved.

    Sweden in particular is one of the most wired nations on the planet, and has been actively involved in open-source... anyone ever heard of MySQL?

    Skal till Norden!

    - Barry

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    The problem with socialism is that they always run out of other people's money. - Margaret Thatcher
  4. The Windows Toolbox is similar by thegoldenear · · Score: 5, Informative

    We provide a similar site to what these people offer (tho nowhere near as polished, and only for Windows) in the form of the Windows Toolbox, distribution of predominantly Free software for Windows, and especially its list of software

  5. From the site by The+Famous+Brett+Wat · · Score: 5, Funny
    Mur shmeer de heer de heef de leenooks.

    Finally, a site that will pronounce "Linux" the way it was intended.

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    proof, n. A demonstration that a conclusion is implied by certain premises and axioms.