You may recall that the UK Government currently classes software development and much computer-related activity as part of the Creative Industries. At the start of December, the Treasury published the Cox Review of Creativity in Business. It's online as PDFs at http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/cox_review/coxreview_index.cfm
Do you think it's relevant/helpful/painful? Also in this morning's press feed from the Dept for Trade and Industry's Small Business Service were some reshuffles of ministers after Lord Patenter Sainsbury retired. Most relevantly, Malcolm Wicks MP is now Minister of State for Science and Innovation, while Margaret Hodge MBE MP now has responsibility for SBS, e-commerce and communications and information industries. Ian McCartney remains responsible for competition. http://www.sbs.gov.uk/sbsgov/action/newsDetail?cat=SBS&year=2006&topicId=7000002095&type=NEWSITEM&itemId=7000036040 By the way, does anyone know where swpat.ffii.org / wiki.ffii.org went? Regards, -- MJ Ray - see/vidu http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Somerset, England. Work/Laborejo: http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ IRC/Jabber/SIP: on request/peteble. _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list Fsfe-uk@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
