ComputerWeekly: UK: "Government standards vehicle driven by "clueless f*ckwittery""

[Glen Newton]

This is an excellent read for those interested in Gov IT standards (a
double oxymoron?):
http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/public-sector/2011/04/government-standards-vehicle-d.html

"They include the repeated presentation of proprietary Microsoft
document formats as options for formal government standards, despite
government strategy being shaped by the icy grip proprietary formats
have on the public purse."

"Conservative pragmatism has infected the coalition ICT Strategy with
the belief that it would be impractical to impose open standards where
industry already makes common use of de facto formats. The ICT
Strategy nevertheless promised to make mandation of an open document
format the first of its formal declarations."

Glen Newton

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[Glen Newton]

Related: "Ban the Microsoft "virus", government told" (March 1 2011)
http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/public-sector/2011/03/ban-the-microsoft-virus-govern.html

Interesting to hear the 'virus' argument used against Microsoft. But accurate.

-Glen

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Glen Newton <[hidden email]> wrote:

> This is an excellent read for those interested in Gov IT standards (a
> double oxymoron?):
> http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/public-sector/2011/04/government-standards-vehicle-d.html
>
> "They include the repeated presentation of proprietary Microsoft
> document formats as options for formal government standards, despite
> government strategy being shaped by the icy grip proprietary formats
> have on the public purse."
>
> "Conservative pragmatism has infected the coalition ICT Strategy with
> the belief that it would be impractical to impose open standards where
> industry already makes common use of de facto formats. The ICT
> Strategy nevertheless promised to make mandation of an open document
> format the first of its formal declarations."
>
> Glen Newton
>
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>

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