Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> Report: Linux, open source greener than Windows
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> | A new report from the U.K. Office of Government Commerce about
> | Open Source Software Trials in Government, has found that servers
> | running Linux could combat the rising problem of e-waste because
> | they last up to twice as long as machines running Windows.
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>http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1246762,00.html?track=sy184
> http://tinyurl.com/38cge3
>
> Let's not forget about the new and fascinating talks about Open
> Source in the UK. We seem to be heading somewhere...
There seems to be a very proactive drive towards less proprietary
solutions in the UK. First the government offices, then extended civil
services, then schools. Once schoolchildren are educated in a *nix
environment (exposure) then the next generation will have more of a
disposition towards it, and "Open" ideals. Gradually proprietary (home
Desktop) software will become irrelevant, and even non-bespoke
(shrink-wrapped) proprietary software for enterprise too.
Of course there will always be a market for bespoke solutions, but
more and more of those solutions will likely be Open Standard, Open
Source, delivered by 2nd tier solutions providers, with specific
implementations, rather than top-down proprietary solutions. It's more
or less like that already, in the main.
--
K.
http://slated.org - Slated, Rated & Blogged
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| "Future archaeologists will be able to identify a 'Vista Upgrade
| Layer' when they go through our landfill sites" - Sian Berry, the
| Green Party.
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