____/ Mark Kent on Friday 02 November 2007 22:11 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> UK government still watching open source
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| The UK government does not know how much open-source software it uses or
>>| what its value is, ministers have admitted.
>>|
>>| [...]
>>|
>>| Gillian Merron, minister for transformational government in the Cabinet
>>| Office, said there were no targets to promote the use of open source
>>| software such as the Linux operating system or the OpenOffice productivity
>>| suite, "except where it is the most cost-effective way" of meeting
>>| government needs.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.techworld.com/applications/news/index.cfm?newsID=10498&pagtype=samechan
>>
>
> Okay, so once you consider exit cost from proprietary packages, then you
> will immediately see a better price-point on non-proprietary systems.
> Simple.
>
> Oh, btw - don't wake up Ashley!
He started blogging to pedal away from the mess he's got himself in. He's a
Microsoft FUDMeister now, not just a monopoly boot licker and a tax money
funnel-er.
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