http://www.e-envoy.gov.uk/news/newonsite/oss-policy.htm seems to be the .gov.uk link for it. Not exactly a mighty tome, but I suppose that's a Good Thing (TM).
Bob Ham wrote: >http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26335.html > >"- UK Government will consider OSS solutions alongside proprietary ones >in IT procurements. Contracts will be awarded on a value for money >basis. > No ethics involved then. Keep signing the arms export certificates, guys: the stock exchange needs you! >- UK Government will only use products for interoperability that support >open standards and specifications in all future IT developments. >- UK Government will seek to avoid lock-in to proprietary IT products >and services.... > And they have a link to a word file at the end of the web page! I expect Uncle Bill will be over to put them right sooner rather than later. Sorry to be a bit cynical, but I've been on the receiving end of these charlies every since I decided I'd be an academic. I guess that on the whole it is good news rather than bad. Nick/ -- Dr Nick Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Centre for Music Technology http://cmt.gla.ac.uk/ Dept of Electronics and Electrical Eng http://www.elec.gla.ac.uk/ The University of Glasgow http://www.gla.ac.uk Fight corporate intellectual piracy! (Consider what this means to you: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25891.html) Please take our survey about how the arts can be delivered over the internet! http://cmt.gla.ac.uk/OD-Survey Tell your friends! Thanks! >From the OpenDrama team.
