Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] [OT] Some good news for once
From: Nick Bailey (n.j.bailey_AT_elec.gla.ac.uk)
Date: Thu Jul 25 2002 - 19:55:07 EEST
http://www.e-envoy.gov.uk/news/newonsite/oss-policy.htm seems to be the
.gov.uk link for it. Not exactly a mighty tome, but I suppose that's a
Good Thing (TM).
Bob Ham wrote:
>http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26335.html
>
>"- UK Government will consider OSS solutions alongside proprietary ones
>in IT procurements. Contracts will be awarded on a value for money
>basis.
>
No ethics involved then. Keep signing the arms export certificates,
guys: the stock exchange needs you!
>- UK Government will only use products for interoperability that support
>open standards and specifications in all future IT developments.
>- UK Government will seek to avoid lock-in to proprietary IT products
>and services....
>
And they have a link to a word file at the end of the web page! I expect
Uncle Bill will be over to put them right sooner rather than later.
Sorry to be a bit cynical, but I've been on the receiving end of these
charlies every since I decided I'd be an academic. I guess that on the
whole it is good news rather than bad.
Nick/
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