Title: French army sides with Mozilla in Microsoft email war
Authors: Marie Mawad and David Lawsky
Publisher: Reuters
Date (published): 09/12/2009
Date (accessed): 12/12/2009
Type of information: article
Language: English
On-line access: yes (HTML)
Abstract:
A new email client unveiled by Mozilla this week contains code from an unusual source -- the French military, which decided the open source product was more secure than Microsoft's rival Outlook.

The story of how the French government became involved with the open source movement, which has transformed much software around the world from proprietary to free, goes back six years.

Title: New website for the promotion of regional languages in Alsace
Source: ePractice.eu
Publisher: European Communities
Date (published): 13/10/2009
Date (accessed): 14/10/2009
Type of information: news release
Language: English
On-line access: yes (HTML)
Abstract:
The French State, the Region of Alsace and the Departments of Haut and Bas Rhin launched a website and a communication campaign in order to promote the use of regional languages.

Posters, newspaper ads, competitions and videos as well as a related website were selected to incite young people to learn their regional language: either standard German or the Alsatian dialect. Three audio messages show young people, who have chosen to speak the regional language. One slogan states "Speak German: it is friendly" and another that "Speak Alsatian, it is merely natural, it is part of the region and defends its culture."

This campaign aims to make learning the regional language more accessible, attractive and natural, by mixing German, French and Alsatian. By combining German and French, the campaign plans to change the image of the German language, by making it more accessible. The campaign also aims to invigorate the image of regional languages.