And here's the response from the president of Socitm. No comments yet I
notice, but this seems like a very MS point of view!
http://socitmpresident.blogspot.com/
Open Standards are definitely required.
I don’t like the term “Open Source”. It’s misleading; what many people mean
is “anything but
I may not know much about operating systems, but I know a smokescreen
when I see one, and this guy Richard Steel's blog looks to me like just
one big smokescreen for the status quo as defined by whoever happens to
be in control of the bureaucracy at the time. The expression 'Open
Standards'
I admit I have no fondness for
local government, in the first place.
Somewhat tangentially related to that comment, I did always wonder
why every local authority seemingly commissioned its own IT solution
for managing council tax.
Given that the way it's managed and collected is probably near
Those of you who have met me on this list know what I do for a living,
so one must be careful what one says, but just bear in mind that a)
many people who should be well-briefed are not (for example, I didn't
know about this week's visit and given where I sit I should have known
- unless of course
Oh and on the SOCITM thing, you might not know that in addition to
what they're doing in Newham, Bristol City Council's entire desktop
estate is SuSe-driven. And I'm familiar with the chap who 'made it so'
- they know what they're doing down in Zomerzet ;)
Pete
2009/2/26 Pete Stean
Quoting Pete Stean pete...@googlemail.com:
Those of you who have met me on this list know what I do for a living,
so one must be careful what one says, but just bear in mind that a)
many people who should be well-briefed are not (for example, I didn't
know about this week's visit and given
This article recently appeared on the BBC, thought it might interest some of
you.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7910110.stm
Adam.
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Adam Bagnall wrote:
This article recently appeared on the BBC, thought it might interest
some of you.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7910110.stm
Adam.
yup, apropos to that (although again like the BBC story it is thinking
mainly of browsers and other applications, rather than the
To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
Sent: Wednesday, 25 February, 2009 16:02:58
Subject: [ubuntu-uk] UK government backs open source
This article recently appeared on the BBC, thought it might interest some of
you.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7910110.stm
Adam.
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*From:* Adam Bagnall bagna...@googlemail.com
*To:* ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
*Sent:* Wednesday, 25 February, 2009 16:02:58
*Subject:* [ubuntu-uk] UK government backs open source
This article recently appeared on the BBC, thought it might interest some
of you
There is another company that going down the same road as Microsoft and that
Apple they have started doing the same thing. Being secretive and in some
case anti-competitive. Maybe the EU commission might need to look into
them. That would give the big A a wake call.
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