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EXTREMADURA
- Over one million inhabitants in 41,602 km2. Population density: 25.7 inhabitants/km2 (average density in Europe, 116.8 inhabitants/km2 )
- After services (59.85%), farming is the second sector employing workers, with 16.6% of all employed persons in the region.
- Unemployment rate: 16%
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GLOBAL PROJECT FOR THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
- Accessibility for all. Internet and Information Technologies as a public service.
- Technological Literacy.
- Promotion of new models of business and a new labour culture.
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NEED FOR A COMMUNICATION STRUCTURE: REGIONAL INTRANET
- To ensure accesibility for every citizen from Extremadura to IS services.
- More than 1.800 access points all through the region
- Bandwidth (2 Mgb/s)
- EVERY municipality is connected
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REGIONAL STRATEGY
Regional Strategy on Information Society.
Horizontal Actions
VivernetPAT RTE
Technological framework Strategic Framework
e-Extremadura
Intranet
Regional Strategy on Information Society.
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INFODEX: www.extremadurasi.org
- Promote the IS in Extremadura
- Support to to the Educational Technology Network (RTE) and elaboration of contents
- Regional Observatory for the IS
- Develop and update the Regional Government Official Web site: www.juntaex.es
- Create digital contents
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CENTRE FOR THE PROMOTION OF NEW INITIATIVES: www.e-extremadura.org
- Promotion of new activities in the field of the Information
Society.
- Educational Technology Network and elaboration of contents.
- e- Extremadura
- LinEx Centre: Support to the development of GNU/LinEx.
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DIGITAL LITERACY PLAN (PAT): www.nccintegrared.org
- Training in ICT's.
- 34 Centres (NCC) all through the Region.
- Each NCC has a computing technician, a social technician, 8 computers connected to Internet, peripherals ... and a big success among the elder.
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VIVERNET: www.vivernet.com
- Support entrepreneurs in the field of ICT's.
- Dotation of a space, computer, Internet connection, etc.
- Training in ICT's applied to business.
- Law advise
- Average support of 15 months
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EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY NETWORK (RTE): www.rte-extremadura.org
- Introducing Education into the Information Society.
- Infrastructure: Regional Intranet connecting all the schools.
- Creation of contents shared through a portal.
- Ratio: 1 computer for every two students.
- GNU/LinEx as an only operating system in the new centres.
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WHAT IS GNU/LinEx?
- An Operating System GNU/Linux
- Set of applications
- Graphic Environment: Gnome 2.2
- Based on Debian Woody 3.0
- Addressed to final users.
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GNU/LinEx APPLICATIONS
- Word Processor (Espronceda) Writter Open Office
- Spreadsheet (Cáparra Gnumeric)
- Desktop Multimedia Presentation (Alcántara) Impress Open Office
- Web Browser (Grulla) Galeon
- E-mail manager: (Guadalupe) Evolution
-Image Processing (Zurbarán)The Gimp...
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LinEx Technical Support: www.linex.org
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LinEx FEATURES
- Adaptability
- Economy
- Feasibility
- Security
- Universal access of citizens to IS tools
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GNU/LinEx IN BUSINESS
- Regional Administration as a CONSUMER
- Promotion of a private sector able to provide Free Software related services and products.
- A new innovating market based on Free software products can be created.
- Not only for big firms but also for SME's.
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GNU/LinEx USES
GNU / LinEx is used and promoted in:
- Regional Public Administration
- Schools.
- Centres of Technological Literacy
- Vivernet.
- Projects co-financed by e-
Extremadura
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GNU/LinEx IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
- Saving Public Money
- Open Source: immediate response, the user doesn't depend on a firm that has to create new versions.
- Improving and adapting the product makes easier to achieve a standard to share data.
- Using Proprietary software: third parties are forced to buy licencies.
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Education Technological Network (ETN)
A saving in Education of 20 millions of Euros
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CONCLUSION- An attitude: sharing knowledge
- Promotion of a technological collaboration through the Net.
- It raises a new and feasible business model
- It put in the same level to: producer, integrator and user.
- Why using proprietary software when there is a free one?
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