On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:55:27 -0000, Paul Sutton <zl...@zleap.net> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Steve wrote: >> On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:14:28 -0000, alan c <aecl...@candt.waitrose.com> >> wrote: >> >>> A third attempt at a published Government strategy. It looks even more >>> like it means business than the preceding ones. >>> >>> Open Source, Open Standards and Re-Use: Government Action Plan >>> http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/media/318020/open_source.pdf >>> >>> Forward (extract) >>> ================================ >>> When Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989, he >>> fought to keep it free for everyone. Since then, not everyone in ICT >>> has displayed quite the same philanthropic spirit and a small number >>> of global organisations dominate. But over the past few years, the >>> people have begun to fight back. Individuals, working together over >>> the internet, can create products that rival and sometimes beat those >>> of giant corporations. The age of Open Source is dawning and >>> Government has embraced it, becoming more innovative, agile and >>> cost-effective. >>> >>> (cabinet office) >>> ================================ >>> >>> >> Good news. >> Lets hope this filters down through the system to councils and >> education. >> > At least they are supporting both ODF and OOXML, with the latter i > really don't trust MS to keep things as open as they claim, or if one > day they will er drop support for it totally, in favour of something > else. > > But all in all its a start, all we need to do is get some of the people > in IT to look at this, easier said that done that from what I have > heard. > > Paul > I fear it may take a long, long time for things to get moving. They still haven’t got round to sorting a minor problem on the Job Centre systems. They can’t print £ and haven’t for nearly ten years. -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
