On 09/01/11 17:44, Barry Drake wrote:
I've just posted the below to my MP. How's about if we all do something like that? Takes five minutes or less ...
The current Gov have been making the right noises for Open Source for ages now:
"The days of the mega IT contracts are over, we will need you to rethink the way you approach projects, making them smaller, off the shelf and open source where possible.”
Read more: http://www.techeye.net/business/francis-maude-promises-end-to-bloated-it-contracts#ixzz1AZuEK1at
Clearly it doesn't hurt to lobby your local MP but use some of their own rhetoric where possible.
George Osbourne reckoned he could save £600m using open source in a speech about 2 years ago... The Conservative have been on this case for sometime.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/alexsingleton/8218787/George_Osborne_has_the_solution_to_faulty_Government_IT_procurement/ Of course, the proof is in the pudding as they say... Cheers Al -- The Open Learning Centre http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
