Parliamentarians to Discuss Open Source Software | Linux Today

Parliamentarians to Discuss Open Source Software

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 7, 2007

“The economic impact of Open Source software will be discussed
with parliamentarians and senior government officials on Wednesday
12th September at the Westminster eForum, held at the Palace of
Westminster. Open Source community leaders Alan Cox, developer of
the Linux Kernel, and Mark Taylor, President of the Open Source
Consortium, will contrast the popularity of Open Source
technologies in industry and with its limited adoption in the
public sector.

“Real world case studies of how Open Source technologies can be
used in the enterprise will be offered by IT Executives from global
retailer, Specsavers, and hotel group, Malmaison…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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