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Jan 12 2021
OW2 Applauds the Bothorel Report on Open Data and Open Source Software and Offers its Help
The OW2 community supports the recommendation of the French Parliamentary mission to set up a central open source competency center and offers to help by sharing its expertise.
Paris, January 11, 2021 - OW2, the international community dedicated to developing and promoting a code base of open source software for corporate information systems, announces its support of the conclusions and recommendations of the French parliamentary mission led by MP Eric Bothorel on open data and open source software.
OW2 congratulates the Bothorel mission for its work. The Mission recognizes open data and open source software as strategic to public administration information systems in bringing transparency, sovereignty and quality to Public Services. It affirms the Government Administration’s crucial role in creating digital commons for the benefit of sectors of society.
Most importantly, the report recommends setting up a cross-administration open source competency center dedicated to helping government administrations to publish and reuse open source code, identify the challenges of mutualization, engage with open source communities and foster talents in this field.
“We applaud the recommendations of the report” says OW2 CEO Cedric Thomas. “The Parliament’s job done, we are willing to help the central administrations to turn them into action,” he adds.
Representing dozens of open source companies and projects, OW2 is an expression of the European open source ecosystem. Welcoming the recommendations of the Bothorel mission the OW2 community offers to support them by sharing its expertise in two areas:
• The first one concerns governance. OW2 proposes to share its set of generally accepted best practices from OW2 OSS Good Governance initiative to help build common reference and progress monitoring system across central administrations.
• The second one concerns OW2’s methodology to evaluate the Market Readiness Levels of open source projects so as to help manage the catalogue of open source software deployed by public administrations.
The 216 pages report of the Bothorel mission was published on December 23, 2020. It contains 37 recommendations on open data and on free software in the French public administration, presented as “strategic components of our information systems”.
About OW2
OW2 is an independent community dedicated to promoting open source software and to fostering a vibrant community and business ecosystem. OW2 federates 100+ organizations and 6000+ IT professionals world wide. OW2 hosts 100+ technology Projects, including: ADR App, ASM, AuthzForce, CLIF, DocDoku, FusionDirectory, GLPI, JORAM, Knowage, LemonLDAP:NG, Lutece, OCS Inventory, Petals ESB, Prelude, ProActive, Rocket.Chat, SAT4J, SeedStack, Sympa, Telosys, Waarp, WebLab and XWiki. Visit www.ow2.org, follow us on Twitter @ow2.
Contact
OW2 Management Office
Press: Catherine Nuel
Tel: +33 6 77795915
catherine.nuel@ow2.org
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Jun 04 2020
OW2 révèle le programme OW2online’20, la conférence virtuelle open source des 17-18 juin
La communauté open source maintient la conversation ouverte avec un programme intense d’environ une trentaine de présentations d’orateurs de 13 pays autour du thème "full-stack open source"
Paris, le 4 juin 2020 - OW2, la communauté internationale des logiciels d'infrastructure open source révèle le programme de sa conférence annuelle 2020. A cause de la pandémie, OW2 a complètement repensé OW2con. Prenant pour slogan “Poursuivons la conversation !”, cette édition se compose d’un événement virtuel, OW2online’20, et d’une journée de rencontres baptisée OW2 Community Day.
OW2online’20 se tiendra les 17 et 18 juin ; c’est une conférence virtuelle à part entière, composée d’une trentaine de présentations d’orateurs de 13 pays focalisés sur ce qu’OW2 appelle l’open source full-stack. Comme la communauté a besoin d’opportunités d’échanges en face à face, la journée de rencontres OW2 Community Day, planifiée le 3 novembre, prévoit des keynotes dédiés, des tables rondes, une remise de prix ainsi que du temps pour mener des échanges conviviaux en réseau.
"Nous avons entièrement repensé OW2con en un mois", déclare Cedric Thomas, le CEO d’OW2. "Nous sommes fiers de la plateforme open source que nous avons assemblée et reconnaissants envers nos orateurs très réactifs. C’est une démonstration de puissance de l’open source et de la coopération communautaire en action."
"Full Stack Open Source", le thème principal d’OW2con cette année, se réfère aux défis émergeants des décideurs voyant l’informatique libre devenir un courant dominant, avec une influence étendue à l’ensemble du système d’informations, par-delà les systèmes d’exploitation et middleware d’infrastructure. L’enjeu consiste à définir une architecture, à établir un système de gouvernance mûr et à s’engager avec l’écosystème open source complet.
Le programme compte deux invités prestigieux - Roberto Di Cosmo, de Software Heritage, et Luis Busquets, du département DG CONNECT de la Commission Européenne – ainsi que cinq sessions incluant 30 présentations d’orateurs de 13 pays représentatifs de l’écosystème open source européen.
• OSS Ecosystem: cette session examine l’impact de l’open source derrière le développement et les licences de logiciels sur nos économies.
• OW2 Projects Showcase: cette session illustre la base de codes OW2 au travers de projets tels que Xwiki, Rocket.Chat, Zenroom, FusionDirectory et LemonLDAP::NG
• OSS State of the Art: cette session illustre les nombreuses facettes de l’open source et sa contribution pour créer de meilleures solutions, plus attrayantes et plus efficaces.
• Collaborative R&D Projects: cette session propose une mise à jour des projets financés par l’UE permis par l’open source tels que DECODER, FASTEN, MELODIC, MORPHEMIC et ReachOut.
• OSS Good Governance: cette session couvre largement les outils disponibles et les meilleures pratiques pour mettre en place des règles de gouvernance open source.
La conférence est gratuite et toutes les présentations sont proposées en Anglais. OW2online’20 se déroulera sur une plateforme permettant aux participants de poser des questions en temps réel et de poursuivre la conversation avec les intervenants après les présentations.
Le programme détaillé est disponible sur: https://ow2con.org.
A propos d'OW2
OW2 est une communauté informatique indépendante dédiée à la promotion du logiciel open source et à l’animation d’un écosystème d'affaires. OW2 héberge une centaine de projets technologiques dont ADR App, ASM, AuthzForce, CLIF, DocDoku, FusionDirectory, GLPI, JORAM, Knowage, LemonLDAP:NG, Lutece, OCS Inventory, Petals ESB, Prelude, ProActive, Rocket.Chat, SAT4J, SeedStack, Sympa, Telosys, Waarp, WebLab and XWiki. Visitez www.ow2.org, suivez nous sur twitter @ow2
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OW2 unveils program of OW2online’20, the virtual open source conference, June 17-18
The open source community keeps the conversation going with a full program of some 30 presentations by speakers from 13 countries focused on what OW2 calls ‘’full-stack open source’’.
Paris, June 4, 2020 - OW2, the global community for open source infrastructure software unveils the program of its 2020 annual conference. Due to the pandemic, OW2 has fully re-engineered OW2con. Based on tagline Keep the Conversation Going! this year’s OW2con comprises both a virtual event, OW2online’20, and an in-person event, the OW2 Community Day.
OW2online’20, to be held on June 17-18, is a full fledged virtual conference of some 30 presentations by speakers from 13 countries with a general focus on what OW2 calls full-stack open source. And because the community needs opportunities to meet face-to-face, there will be an additional OW2 Community Day on November 3rd dedicated to keynotes, round tables and awards with ample time for networking.
"In just a month, we have totally re-invented OW2con” says OW2 CEO Cédric Thomas. "We are proud of the open source platform we have assembled and grateful to our speakers who have been so responsive. This is the power of open source and community collaboration in action."
The main theme of OW2con this year, "Full Stack Open Source", refers to the challenges appearing today for decision makers who see open source becoming mainstream and disseminating beyond the operating systems and infrastructure middleware across the whole information system. What is at stake is about defining an architecture, establishing a mature governance system and engaging with the whole open source ecosystem.
The program includes two invited keynotes, Roberto Di Cosmo, from Software Heritage, and Luis Busquets, from the European Commission DG CONNECT, five great sessions including some 30 presentations by speakers from 13 countries representative of Europe's open source ecosystem.
• OSS Ecosystem: this session looks at open source behind software development and licensing as part of our economies.
• OW2 Projects Showcase: this session illustrates the OW2 code base through projects such as Xwiki, Rocket.Chat, Zenroom, FusionDirectory and LemonLDAP::NG
• OSS State of the Art: this session illustrates the many faces of open source and how it helps create better, more efficient and desirable solutions.
• Collaborative R&D Projects: this session proposes an update on EU funded projects enabled by open source such as DECODER, FASTEN, Melodic and, Morphemic and ReachOut
• OSS Good Governance: this session offers a broad coverage of tools and best practices available to implement open source governance policies.
The conference is free of charge. All presentations will be in English and the OW2online’20 platform will allow participants to ask their questions in real time and continue the conversation with speakers after the presentations.
Detailed program on the OW2con’20 website is at https://ow2con.org.
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About OW2
OW2 is an independent community dedicated to promoting open source software and to fostering a vibrant community and business ecosystem. OW2 federates 100+ organizations and 6000+ IT professionals world wide. OW2 hosts 100+ technology Projects, including: ADR App, ASM, AuthzForce, CLIF, DocDoku, FusionDirectory, GLPI, JORAM, Knowage, LemonLDAP:NG, Lutece, OCS Inventory, Petals ESB, Prelude, ProActive, Rocket.Chat, SAT4J, SeedStack, Sympa, Telosys, Waarp, WebLab and XWiki. Visit www.ow2.org, follow us on Twitter @ow2.
Dec 05 2019
The OW2 Community highly visible at Paris Open Source Summit 2019
With four conference sessions, a community booth and eight members showcased in the exhibition, OW2 appears as a major player in the open source ecosystem.
Paris, December 5, 2019 - OW2, the global community for open source infrastructure software claims a broad participation at Paris Open Source Summit from December 10-11. Four conference sessions are proposed by OW2, as well as a community stand with solutions for developers and large cities.
Open Source Community Summit, December 10, 14h00 – 18h00, room Mixage. This year, speakers at the Community Summit include leaders from major OSS communities, including OpenStack, Red Hat, Apache Foundation, etc. They will discuss key challenges emerging as open source has reached industry maturity, such as the risks related to components re-use, IoT and the verticalisation of usages, the sustainability of the ecosystem,
Open Source in Big Cities, December 11, 14h – 15h30, room Mixage. This session builds on the success of the « Open Source City Forum” organized by City of Paris, MOSSLAB (Baltimore) and OW2. The session is build as a public report where executives involved in large local government information systems discuss the tenets of their open source strategies. Representatives from Piedmontese Region in Italy, or the City of Barcelona will share their experiences.
Open Source Gouvernance, December 11, 11h00 – 12h30, room Mixage. Leveraging the momentum of the OW2 Open Source Governance initiative, this session aims at developing and promoting the usage and sharing of free and open source software governance best practices among large users and systems integrators. The program includes talks from Orange, MAIF, Microsoft and Henix.
European Collaborative Innovation, December 11, 9h30 – 11h00, room Mixage. The session will introduce european publicly financed research projects in the field of cloud computing, software engineering and breakthrough internet applications, including the following projects: ReachOut, DECODER, CROSSMINER, Melodic, and FASTEN.
OW2 can also be visited on its community booth (#D21). Project demonstrations will be proposed to professional attendees, including:
- Lutece, the Open City Service Platform of City of Paris
- ReachOut, the beta-testing platform for research projects
- DECODER, the innovative Software Project Intelligence Platform
In addition, eight members of the OW2 community will exhibit on their own booth: Alter way, BlueMind, Cap Gemini, FusionDirectory, Inria, Microsoft, Worteks and Xwiki.
More information at: https://www.ow2.org/view/Events/Paris_Open_Source_Summit_2019
About OW2
OW2 is an independent community dedicated to developing open source code infrastructure (middleware and generic applications) and to fostering a vibrant community and business ecosystem. The OW2 Consortium hosts some one hundred technology projects, including ADR App, ASM, AuthzForce, Bonita, CLIF, DocDoku, FusionDirectory, GLPI, JOnAS, JORAM, JOTM, Knowage, LemonLDAP:NG, Lutece, PetalsESB, Prelude, ProActive, RocketChat, SAT4J, SeedStack, Spagic, Spago4Q, Sympa, Telosys, Waarp, WebLab and XWiki. Visit www.ow2.org, follow us on Twitter @ow2.
La communauté OW2 largement représentée à l’occasion du Paris Open Source Summit 2019
Avec quatre sessions de conférences, un stand communautaire et huit membres exposants,
OW2 s’affiche comme un acteur majeur de l’écosystème open source.
Paris, le 5 décembre, 2019 - OW2, la communauté internationale des logiciels d'infrastructure open source annonce une large implication au Paris Open Source Summit, les 10 et 11 décembre. Quatre sessions de conférences sont proposées par OW2 en anglais, ainsi qu’un stand communautaire où sont exposées des solutions pour les développeurs et pour les grandes métropoles.
Le Sommet des Communautés Open Source, le 10 décembre, 14h00 - 18h00, Salle Mixage. Cette année, les intervenants participant à ce sommet incluent des leaders des grandes communautés FLOSS telles que OpenStack, Red Hat, la Fondation Apache, etc. Ils discuteront des nouveaux défis rencontrés tandis que l’open source atteint un stade de maturité industrielle. Les sujets tels que les risques liés à la ré-utilisation des composants, la pérennité de l’écosystème l’évaluation des logiciels et des projets, l’impact de l’IoT et verticalisation des usages , etc. seront abordés.
L’open source dans les grandes villes, le 11 décembre, 14h00 -15h30 , Salle Le Mixage. Cet atelier fait suite au succès du forum “Open Source City Forum” organisé par la Ville de Paris, MOSSLAB (Baltimore) et OW2. Durant cette session, les professionnels des systèmes d'information des grandes collectivités locales discutent de leurs stratégies open source. Des représentants de la région Piémontaise en Italie, et de la ville de Barcelone en Espagne viendront témoigner de leur expérience.
Gouvernance Open Source, le 11 décembre, 11h00 – 12h30, Salle Le Mixage. Organisée dans le cadre de l’initiative OW2 “Open Source Gouvernance”, cette session a pour but de promouvoir l’utilisation et les bonnes pratiques de gouvernance de l’open source au sein des grands comptes et intégrateurs de systèmes. Le programme comprend des interventions de Orange, la MAIF, Microsoft et Henix.
L’innovation collaborative en Europe, le 11 décembre, 9h30 – 11h00, Salle le Mixage. Cette session présentera des projets R&D financés par des fonds publics européens, dans les domaines du cloud computing, de l’ingénierie logicielle et des applications internet innovantes, et plus précisément les projets : ReachOut, DECODER, CROSSMINER, Melodic, et FASTEN.
OW2 est par ailleurs présent dans l’exposition sur un stand communautaire (D21). Des démonstrations sont proposées aux portant notamment sur les projets suivants :
- Lutece, Plateforme ouverte de services municipaux de la Ville de Paris.
- Reachout, Plateforme de beta-testing pour les projets de recherche.
- DECODER, Nouvelle plateforme intelligente pour les projets DevOps.
Par ailleurs, huit membres de la communauté OW2 seront présents sur leur propre stand : Alter way, BlueMind, Cap Gemini, FusionDirectory, Inria, Microsoft, Worteks et Xwiki.
Plus d’informations sur la présence d’OW2 au Paris Open Source Summit : https://www.ow2.org/view/Events/Paris_Open_Source_Summit_2019
A propos d’OW2
OW2 est une communauté informatique mondiale indépendante dédiée au développement de logiciels d'infrastructure (middleware et applications génériques) en open source et à l’animation d’un écosystème d'affaires pour valoriser cette base de code. OW2 héberge une centaine de projets technologiques dont ADR App, ASM, AuthzForce, Bonita, CLIF, DocDoku, FusionDirectory, GLPI, JOnAS, JORAM, JOTM, Knowage, LemonLDAP:NG, Lutece, PetalsESB, Prelude, ProActive, RocketChat, SAT4J, SeedStack, Spagic, Spago4Q, Sympa, Telosys, Waarp, WebLab and XWiki. Visitez www.ow2.org, suivez nous sur twitter @ow2.
Jun 12 2019
OW2 Announces Three OW2con'19 Best Project Awards
At OW2con'19, June 12-13 in Paris Châtillon, open source projects XWiki, ProActive and CLIF receive
unique recognition from the community for their contributions to the OW2 code base.
Paris, June 12, 2019. OW2, the international community dedicated to develop and to promote an open source code base, announces the winners of OW2con'19 Best Project Awards. The OW2con Best Project Awards recognize OW2 projects for their outstanding contribution in several categories including community, innovation, and market performance.
The winners of the OW2con'19 Best Project Awards are:
- Community Award: XWiki offers an enterprise-class Collaborative Workplace and a powerful open source-based solution for sharing knowledge, processes and documents in today’s distributed environments. Everything developed at XWiki is proposed, curated and voted by the OW2 project community. As such, XWiki wins the OW2con’19 Best Project Community Award.
- Innovation Award: ProActive wins the OW2con’19 Best Project Innovation Award, becoming a comprehensive Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Data Science Platform. ProActive new MLOS set of workflows and templates accelerates the development and the deployment of complex AI models and reduces the operational costs. Available in open source, it is also open to Python with a dedicated API.
- Market Award: CLIF succeeded in performance testing at Orange, evaluating the impact of 3 millions potential homes in a few days for the new domestic IoT services. The Orange project "Maison Connectée" leverages the Livebox in place at subscribers home, opens a permanent network connection to the service platform, which represents a technical challenge for the benchmarking campaign! The only performance testing software able to massively generate network connections and traffic is a precious tool from the OW2 code base. It is the "no-limit" open source load testing software, by OW2. Consequently, CLIF wins the OW2con’19 Best Project Market Award.
The OW2con'19 Best Project Award ceremony was organized in the framework of OW2con'19, the community's annual conference organized this year, in the Orange Gardens Innovation Center, in Châtillon.
Please, visit the OW2con’19 Best Project Awards webpage, with photos, videos and slides of the annual conference.
About OW2
OW2 is an independent community dedicated to developing open source code infrastructure (middleware and generic applications) and to fostering a vibrant community and business ecosystem. The OW2 Consortium hosts some one hundred technology projects, including ASM, Bonita, Chameleon, CLIF, DocDoku, Easybeans, Emerginov, Fractal, FusionDirectory, JOnAS, JORAM, JOTM, Knowage, LemonLDAP:NG, Lutece, OCCInterface, PetalsESB, Prelude, ProActive, RocketChat, SAT4J, Spagic, Spago4Q, Sympa, Talend Studio, Telosys, WebLab and XWiki. Visit www.ow2.org, follow us on Twitter @ow2.
May 16 2019
Mature Open Source Software Featured at the OW2 Annual Conference
More than 30 presentations and breakout sessions showing open source software industrial maturity are offered at OW2con’19, the free OW2 community conference, next June 12-13, 2019.
Paris, June 12, 2019 - OW2, the international community dedicated to develop and to promote an open source code base for information systems announces the program of its 2019 annual conference. With this year theme “Open Source: Toward industry Maturity”, OW2con’19 offers two days of project presentations and demonstrations, round tables, workshops and prestigious guest speakers.
The keynote have been assigned to open source strategists from global companies including Deutsche Telekom, Engineering, Ericsson, IBM, Nokia, Orange, Siemens and from organizations such as DINSIC and Free Software Foundation Europe.
The program is punctuated by the presentations of latest improvements in OW2 projects and allows for diverse topics such as Software Testing, Remote Collaborations, Artificial Intelligence, IoT, multi-cloud, etc. The open source governance makes a marked entry into the program this year.
Other highlights include the breakout sessions with practical themes such as collaborative edition with Libre Office and XWiki Content Management Platform, STAMP DevOps test automation, Knowage Business Intelligence, FOSSology code analysis, C* operator for Kubernetes. open source licenses understanding and OSS project assesment.
« By focusing on the industrial maturity of open source software, the OW2con'19 program is intended, beyond the open source community, for all business users who, from now on, can’t ignore open source in their IT strategy », explains Cédric Thomas, CEO d’OW2.
The conference also shows the state of European open source research through AEGIS, CROSSMINER, DECODER, FASTEN, MELODIC, REACHOUT, and STAMP EC-funded projects.
Finally, not to be missed, the OW2con’19 Best Project Awards ceremony will be followed by a friendly networking break with speakers and multiple members of the community.
OW2con’19 is being held June 12-13 at Orange Gardens, the Orange innovation center in Paris-Châtillon. Registration is free, thanks to our sponsors, and should be done online where the program is being updated: https://www.ow2con.org/2019
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La maturité des logiciels open source en vedette à la conférence annuelle OW2
Plus de 30 présentations et ateliers démontrant la maturité industrielle de l’open source sont proposés par OW2con’19, la conférence gratuite de la communauté OW2, les 12 et 13 juin 2019.
Paris, le 12 juin 2019 - OW2, la communauté internationale dédiée au développement et à la promotion d’une base de code open source pour les systèmes d’information annonce le programme de sa conférence annuelle 2019 des 12 et 13 juin à Orange Gardens, Paris-Châtillon. Avec pour thème cette année “Open Source : vers la maturité industrielle” OW2con’19 propose deux journées de présentations et de démonstrations de projets, de tables rondes, d’ateliers et d’orateurs invités prestigieux.
Les discours inauguraux ont été confiés aux stratèges open source de grandes entreprises comme Deutsche Telekom, Engineering, Ericsson, IBM, Nokia, Orange et Siemens et d’organisations comme la DINSIC et la Free Software Foundation Europe.
Le programme est rythmé par la présentation des dernières améliorations de projets de la base de code OW2 et permet d’aborder des sujets aussi divers que les tests, le travail collaboratif, l’intelligence artificielle, l’IoT, le multi-cloud, etc. Le thème de la gouvernance open source fait une entrée marquée au programme cette année.
Autres points forts du programme, les ateliers sur des thèmes pratiques comme l’édition collaborative avec Libre Office et la plateforme de gestion de contenus XWiki, les tests DevOps automatisés avec le projet STAMP, la Business Intelligence avec Knowage, l’analyse de codes avec FOSSology, l’opérateur C* pour Kubernetes. la compréhension des licences open source et l’évaluation des projets open source.
« En mettant l’accent sur la maturité industrielle du logiciel open source le programme d’OW2con’19 s’adresse, bien au delà de la communauté open source, à tous les utilisateurs qui, désormais, ne peuvent ignorer l’open source dans leur stratégie informatique », explique Cédric Thomas, CEO d’OW2.
La conférence donne aussi à voir l’état de la recherche open source européenne avec les projets AEGIS, CROSSMINER, DECODER, FASTEN, MELODIC, REACHOUT, STAMP.
Enfin, à ne pas manquer, l’annonce des OW2con’19 Best Project Awards suivie d’une pause de networking conviviale avec les intervenants et les membres de la communauté. La conférence est gratuite, les présentations ont lieu en anglais.
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Feb 01 2019
At Paris Open Source Summit, the OW2 community is highlighted during the « Champions of Free Software » award ceremony
Three OW2 projects and members received an award, wich demonstrates the strong positioning of OW2 code base within the French open source ecosystem.
Paris, December 10, 2018 - OW2, the global community for open source infrastructure software, announces the results of the participation of its projects and members to the contest “Champion of Free Software” 2018, organized in the framework of the Paris Open Source Summit.
Taking place for the third time, this contest is proposed by the CNLL, a representative unit for FLOSS (free and open source software) corporate foundations, associations and regional clusters in France, representing today around 300 specialized companies. The contest has the aim to reward the companies and projects which are actively contributing in the development of free and open source software. The winners were announced during the Summit's opening ceremony, on December 4.
OW2 was very proud to receive three “Champion of Free Software” prizes, out of the five prizes distributed.
The projects rewarded are:
- Lutece: Strategy prize. The City of Paris was rewarded for its exemplary commitment in open source since 2002 with its Lutece open city service platform. The strategy adopted from the early stages to develop Lutece and set up new partnerships, along with its willingness to share and contribute to software commons was pointed out by the contest jury.
- XWiki: Ethics prize. XWiki received the Ethics prize with regards to its commitment in the community since 15 years, as software vendor and active open source contributor. The Xwiki company model carrying strong human values and a large implication in various open source communities showcase the presence of open source culture on all actions led by the company.
- ActiveEon : Innovation prize. ActiveEon was rewarded for its innovative solutions brought to companies with strong automation needs and companies processing massive volumes of data. This has been made possible thanks to the technology of elastic scalability of computing resources.
This result is a good testimony of the state-of-the-art level and business relevance of OW2 code base, which hosts today around 30 mature projects.
For more information and photos please visit : http://lesacteursdulibre.com/ (web site in french) or https://www.ow2.org/view/Events/Champion_of_Free_Software_Prize.
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Jan 24 2019
FSFE brochure: Public Money Public Code - Modernising Public Infrastructure with Free Software
On January 24, 2019, the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) released its policy brochure, "Public Money Public Code - Modernising Public Infrastructure with Free Software". OW2 is proud of its contribution to this brochure.
Why should governments develop Free Software? Where is Free Software already generating benefits in the public sector? What are Free Software business models? Answers to these questions and practical guidelines are given in the new expert policy brochure published today by the Free Software Foundation Europe. Produced with decision-takers in mind, the brochure will be a helpful source of information for candidates and parties running for the European Parliament election. Downloads and prints are available under a Creative Commons license.
OW2 contribution is titled "Making Business and Economic Sense of Free Software". Written by CEO Cedric Thomas it explains how business models based on Free Software are changing the landscape of the European IT sector.
Find more information on FSFE website or .
Main picture source: FSFE announcement page.