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EU boost to open source software
by
Khairil Yusof
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last modified
2004-09-07 12:10 AM
Contributors:
Matthew Broersma
Copyright 2004 IDG Communications
The European Union (E.U.) is hoping to give the European open source software industry a competitive boost through a Euro 1.5 million (AUD$2.68m) research project kicking off this week.
The focus of the two-year CALIBRE (Co-ordination Action for Libre Software) project is to improve the way open-source projects work, through organized research and collaboration with industry, and to bring open source more into the mainstream. Ultimately this will put Europe a step ahead of the rest of the U.S.-dominated software industry, the project's leaders hope. CALIBRE will launch on Sept. 10 at University College Cork.
Source: LinuxWorld Australia
