Re: [Dorset] OT: Cabinet Office Ditches Open Standards in IT

2012-11-05 Thread Simon P Smith
On 03/11/2012 08:20, Terry Coles wrote: > Remember the Open Standards Consultation that took place in the Spring? Part > of the discussion is below. > > Well the Consultation worked! The new Government Policy on Open Standards > has > been published and FSFE is *very* impressed! See: > http:

Re: [Dorset] OT: Cabinet Office Ditches Open Standards in IT

2012-11-05 Thread Terry Coles
On Monday 05 Nov 2012 14:28:39 Simon P Smith wrote: > On 03/11/2012 08:20, Terry Coles wrote: > > Remember the Open Standards Consultation that took place in the Spring? > > Part of the discussion is below. > > > > Well the Consultation worked! The new Government Policy on Open Standards > > has

Re: [Dorset] OT: Cabinet Office Ditches Open Standards in IT

2012-11-05 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:46:13 +, d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk said: > Well since I posted that there have been some rumbles that the Policy > doesn't apply to COTS software By "COTS", do you mean "commercial off the shelf"? If so, where did you hear that? -- We're looking for smart Linux people: h

Re: [Dorset] OT: Cabinet Office Ditches Open Standards in IT

2012-11-05 Thread Terry Coles
On Monday 05 Nov 2012 19:31:56 Keith Edmunds wrote: > On Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:46:13 +, d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk said: > > Well since I posted that there have been some rumbles that the Policy > > doesn't apply to COTS software > > By "COTS", do you mean "commercial off the shelf"? If so, where d

[Dorset] Bournemouth Pub Meeting Tonight, Tuesday 2012-11-06.

2012-11-05 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi, The pub meet is tonight at The Broadway at 8pm. For those that haven't been before look out for Terry and his stuffed penguin. http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings:pub http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=members#terry_coles As the first web page above says, we ar