Re: [Fsuk-manchester] UK Government Gets Really Serious About Open Source

[EVISON ROY]

Simon.
          the fact that it has Cameron's backing (possibly) is worry
enough, substance and practicability are not Cameron’s strong points.
Yes it is good that the 'powers that be' seem to be looking at the
issue more seriously but the cost 'rug' will be be pulled from their
arguments to decision makers by the offer of free licences (for a
period), perhaps?

Roy.

On 5 March 2011 07:14, Simon Ward <address@hidden> wrote:
> http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/enterprise-os-how-hard-can-it-be/2011/02/the-government-gets-really-serious-about-open-source/index.htm
>
> This sounds promising, but on the other hand we’ve heard it all before
> (just search for “uk government open source”). It doesn’t indicate that
> proprietary software procurement will be ruled out in my interpretation
> of the article author’s interpretation of the message from the Cabinet
> Office, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
>
> Simon
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