Good stuff, WT! How about a
to the newsman?
Quote:
Originally posted by walktalker
U.K. government backs open source
The U.K. government confirmed on Monday that it will consider open-source software as a way to avoid getting locked into proprietary information technology products. Not only central government will be affected by the policy: so too will local governments and the wider public sector, including non-departmental public bodies and the National Health Service. Contracts will be awarded on a value-for-money basis. The move is likely to be seen as a major boost to open-source software. Open source has been increasingly adopted by big software vendors since 1998, when companies such as IBM, Oracle and Computer Associates started to take it seriously. IBM has since said it has devoted $1 billion to the marketing and development of open-source software.
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-945947.html?tag=cd_mh
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These are big news with big consequences. It's not that long ago that we heard
German Federal Government going for open source instead of Microsoft's expensive proprietary products.
- tg
