Ping Wales: Welsh Flag Flies High at UK Linux and Open Source Awards | Linux Today

Ping Wales: Welsh Flag Flies High at UK Linux and Open Source Awards

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 15, 2005

“Welsh talent was recently recognised at the fiercely contested
UK Linux and Open Source Awards 2005. Powys County Council and
Swansea-based business management software provider, CGram Software
were among the winners, while Welsh Linux guru, Alan Cox, was given
a lifetime achievement award for his work on the Linux Kernel.

“The Best Public Sector Linux/Open Source Implementation award
went to the Powys Schools project run by Powys Council. The county
is no stranger to open source principles, as back in 1997 it
undertook the implementation of a Linux server in each of its
primary schools…”


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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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