BearItAll <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> The [UK] politics of open source
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | There's been a suggestion of a shift towards open source in the
>> | houses of government in the UK recently, with the Conservative
>> | Party promising to promote open source if elected and the incumbent
>> | Labour Party releasing the code behind its new carbon footprint
>> | calculator under the General Public License.
>> |
>> | [...]
>> |
>> | PlaidCymru.org
>> | Apache on Linux (moved from Windows today)
>> |
>> | [...]
>> |
>> | SDLP.ie
>> | Apache on FreeBSD (moved from Windows today)
>> `----
>>
>>
> http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/07/the_politics_of.html
>>
>
> That will be mainly because the EU are moving towards Linux as a primary
> desktop and the various governments were to follow suit. The descision was
> made about two years ago, but you know what it's like, they don't actually
> get round to implementing their white papers untill there's a jolly good
> press release in it for them. Bless 'em.
>
Well, politicians are only in it for the politics :-)
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