On Tuesday 23 July 2002 18:00, Malcolm Herbert wrote:
http://www.e-envoy.gov.uk/news/newonsite/oss-policy.htm
The key decisions of this policy are as follows:
* UK Government will consider OSS solutions alongside proprietary ones in IT procurements. Contracts will be awarded on a value for money basis.
* UK Government will only use products for interoperability that support open standards and specifications in all future IT developments.
* UK Government will consider obtaining full rights to bespoke software code or customisations of COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) software it procures wherever this achieves best value for money.
* UK Government will explore further the possibilities of using OSS as the default exploitation route for Government funded R&D software.
Well seems a step in the right direction. Who knows all the lobbying over the NHS deal etc might have helped a little too. My impression from our own niche is that the interest in schools for Linux at the desktop is definitely growing. Regards, -- IanL