Tag Archive for 'TriSano'

Vote for SourceForce Community Awards 2009

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Roberto Galoppini
on June 27, 2009
in OpenOffice.org and open source communities
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Is time to vote for SourceForce open source community awards 2009, OpenOffice.org has been chosen as a finalist in the category of Best Project for Government.

OpenOffice.org fellows ask to vote for our beloved open source productive suite, and I invite you to do so unless you prefer other candidates (some of them actually like Trisano, Sahana or Medical deserve our attention too).

Open Source Governance: State of the Art and Lesson Learnt in Italy (part III)

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Roberto Galoppini
on February 19, 2009
in Europe eGov, Italians do it, Open Source Recommendations, OpenOffice.org, Random thoughts and open source communities
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The lack of open source vision by the Italian government, along with attention paid by Obama to open source, brought my attention back to the importance Open Source Governance.

I want to strive for open source adoption by national and local governments. I want to take the opportunity here to share some thoughts about why a FOSS governance is needed, and how we could accomplish the goal to use open source software to develop innovative initiatives.

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Roberto has over 20 years experience in the computer industry, and has spent the last 10 years working in the intersection of open source software and business development. Roberto has taken an active interest in different open source projects and organizations, he also served on some advisory boards, and helped large IT vendors, open source vendors and customers to design and deploy their open source strategies. He works at SourceForge, and opinions expressed here don't necessarily represent employer's positions, strategies, or opinion.