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XtreemOS in IDABC's Open Source news

by Sandrine L'Hermitte — last modified 2007-08-30 00:00

Press release published on August 28, 2007

IDABC stands for Interoperable Delivery of European eGovernment Services to public Administrations, Businesses and Citizens.

The primary objective of IDABC's activities in Open Source Software  is to promote the uptake of OSS in public administrations. IDABC's activities in the field of OSS aim to:

  • Encourage Europe's public administrations to consider and assess the most advantageous IT solutions;

  • Reduce replication costs of eGovernment solutions and help to spread good practice throughout public administrations;

  • Ensure that the market for IT solutions remains competitive;

  • Reduce IDABC's own costs in application development and maintenance;

  • Help ensuring that Open Source Software solutions are able to compete on an equal footing with proprietary solutions.

To see this press release: http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7184/469