Remember, this is the product of lots of failed Gov. projects where
after spending millions or billions of tax payers money the system does
not work, and when they get rid of the system (usually around election
time) the next bunch come in and we start all over again. NHS IT being a
good case in point. I think the problem we have here is our government
even if it does blow millions on a failed IT project no one is held to
account so why should the next lot even care if it works on not. Very
different objectives.
On 18/03/13 11:39, Brian Ssennoga wrote:
This is very a very interesting development. It is Clear that in the
future, even powerful nations see that it makes as much sense to save
300 USD on a license as it does to ensure that the next college
graduate has enough access to modify the core.
I wonder, have we not sold FOSS enough for LDCs and 3rdWorld countries
to realize the benefits that global powers are chasing after, OR, can
we just not beat the corruption status quo - be it monetary or
conscience?
Brian.
On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Kyle Spencer <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
The subject says it all:
http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/03/16/1642254/uk-government-mandates-preference-for-open-source
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