Yes, I saw something about this on the BBC News android application
around 30 minutes ago. IT does look interesting. I think it's something
that's been postulated for some time, mind you. With the advent of the
Government Digital Service (https://gds.blog.gov.uk/) this sort of stuff
has been coming on for a while.
I'm sure you'll agree that gov.uk is a far easier to use site than the
previous DirectGov, and on top of that, it is (mostly) released under
the open government license
(http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/2/)
The BBC article I mentioned is at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25950004 - the subject of the
article is actually about wasting resources on unnecessary website, but
ODF gets a mention at the bottom.
If anyone is interested, the Cabinet Office has a website devoted to
selecting open standards for use across UK Government IT -
http://standards.data.gov.uk/. Incidentally, users can submit
suggestions for standards of a particular type.
On 29/01/14 21:18, Andres wrote:
Pete Smout <smoutp...@gmail.com> escribió:
On 29/01/14 21:00, Andres wrote:
I guess this is not news for some of you but thought I'd mention it.
Baby steps it seems:
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/29/uk-government-plans-switch-to-open-source-from-microsoft-office-suite
Hi all,
As a UK taxpayer, can I just say about ****ing time to!!
Pete S
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Same here:
More links
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2013/jun/13/geeks-opened-up-government-video
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