Paolo Dongilli
Graduated in 1998 with a degree in Computer Engineering from Padua, he began working on one of his first passions, Computational Linguistics, at EURAC Research and then at the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering of the Free University of Bolzano. In 2008 he left research and joined the IT Division of the Province of Bolzano, where he worked for the Office of Strategic Orientation and IT Planning in the Enterprise Architecture Group. In 2016 he was appointed to the Directorate of Italian Education and Training as Technical Inspector and Coordinator of the FUSS Project. He began exploring the world of Free Software in the 1990s while studying at the University of Padua. After returning to Bolzano, together with some friends he helped found the Linux User Group Bolzano–Bozen–Bulsan (LUGBZ) with the aim of promoting Free Software culture in South Tyrol–Alto Adige.
Session
Twenty-one years ago, on September 1, 2005, all Italian-language schools in South Tyrol switched to using Free Software on all computers used for educational purposes. In this talk, I will briefly review the history of the FUSS project (Free Upgrade in South Tyrol’s Schools), the reasons behind the choice of digital sovereignty we made, and the important role covered by LibreOffice and the Open Document Format.