[ubuntu-uk] Government IT spending outrageously high... anyone surprised?
From the Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/28/mps_slam_government_it_spend/ And the actual report: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmpubadm/715/71502.htm Fun reading! Not surprising in the least, though. And we haven't even talked about the Defence Spending Review. ttm -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Government IT spending outrageously high... anyone surprised?
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:35 PM, TT Mooney ttmoo...@dilettantism.comwrote: From the Register: [snip] Why are you telling an Ubuntu mailing list? -- Steve When one person suffers from a delusion it is insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Government IT spending outrageously high... anyone surprised?
A lot of the folks on the list are involved with pitching FOSS to the government, and a call for smaller companies opens the doors for just that. Maybe I could have been clearer on that, but we have had lots of government IT policy discussions on the list. Kind regards, Travis Steve Flynn anothermindb...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:35 PM, TT Mooney ttmoo...@dilettantism.comwrote: From the Register: [snip] Why are you telling an Ubuntu mailing list? -- Steve When one person suffers from a delusion it is insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Government IT spending outrageously high... anyone surprised?
Windows server 2011 - £982 Cost of overtime - £500 Look on the sysadmins face when he realizes that there's a better solution for free - Priceless Jacob Mansfield Programmer CyberKing Solutions™ -- Air conditioned environment - do not open windows! Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html On 28 July 2011 18:10, TT Mooney ttmoo...@dilettantism.com wrote: A lot of the folks on the list are involved with pitching FOSS to the government, and a call for smaller companies opens the doors for just that. Maybe I could have been clearer on that, but we have had lots of government IT policy discussions on the list. Kind regards, Travis Steve Flynn anothermindb...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:35 PM, TT Mooney ttmoo...@dilettantism.comwrote: From the Register: [snip] Why are you telling an Ubuntu mailing list? -- Steve When one person suffers from a delusion it is insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Government IT spending outrageously high... anyone surprised?
On 28/07/11 17:27, Steve Flynn wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:35 PM, TT Mooney ttmoo...@dilettantism.com mailto:ttmoo...@dilettantism.com wrote: From the Register: [snip] Why are you telling an Ubuntu mailing list? it is a UK story and Ubuntu might well be part of the answer to the government spending less, so I don't consider it wildly offtopic for Ubuntu UK, I have seen more spurious departures from topicality than that. Funnily enough today was the deadline for a document submission for an interesting NHS Scotland tender for an Open Desktop for 100,000 desktops http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN093903 I registered Ubuntu UK as an interested party, so I should continue to get updates on progress, the list of questions and answers on the tender is particularly fun to look through. Alan. -- The Open Learning Centre is rebranding, find out about our new name and look at http://libertus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Government IT spending outrageously high... anyone surprised?
On 28/07/11 16:35, TT Mooney wrote: From the Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/28/mps_slam_government_it_spend/ And the actual report: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmpubadm/715/71502.htm Fun reading! Not surprising in the least, though. And we haven't even talked about the Defence Spending Review. ttm Current Government IT strategy, which is a more severe version of something which has been in place of about 5 years now: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/content/government-ict-strategy note: mandatory open standards government to avoid lengthy vendor lock-in -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
