>From slashdot:
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/23/0042246/UK-Goverment-IT-Chief-Backs-Open-Source-Suppliers"The UK government's deputy Chief Information Officer has outlined
plans to hand public sector IT contracts over to small businesses and
suppliers of open-source and cloud-based solutions in an attempt to
balance the books. Speaking at the 360IT conference in London on
Wednesday, Bill McCluggage also promised greater transparency over IT
procurement, with tenders and contracts published online. Outlining a
commitment to 'simplify, standardize and automate', McCluggage said
the government would make it easier for open-source suppliers to
compete for contracts, making the public sector less reliant on
individual suppliers, or locked into proprietary systems."
Original story:
http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/9/22/uk-gov-it-chief-backs-open-source-small-business/It is looking like the economic downturn may drive some Open Source
opening up by at least the UK government, hopefully others. Explicitly
identifying transparency and proprietary lock-in as issues is
particularly refreshing from this level of civil servant.
-Glen Newton
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/--
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