UPDATED: Open source in the UK
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| Once again there are signs of improvement, however. The backbench MP revolt
| over open source software in schools might not have brought about change but
| it did show that understanding of the potential for open source is growing.
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| The Conservative Party has also shown some willingness to make open source an
| election issue. Such a lively debate could be just what the UK needs to shake
| up attitudes to open source.
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http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=7307CBD8-71D8-487B-8589-C5E326D6CA93
The Open-Source Revolution
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| Open-source is an integral part of today’s technology. It remains an
| extremely effective software development process that employs the mass
| collaboration of the technical community.
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http://jeanquirion.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/the-open-source-revolution/
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Open source in the UK: investigate, approve and ignore
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| The UK's attitude is exemplified by the UK Government's official policy
| towards open source, which takes a typically New Labour 'third way' approach
| that could either be left or right of centre, depending on your point of
| view.
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| The policy was last updated in November 2004 and states that open source
| software should be considered alongside proprietary software with contracts
| awarded on a value-for-money basis.
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http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=7307CBD8-71D8-487B-8589-C5E326D6CA93
Government backsliding on open source promises
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| The Liberal Democrats have hit out at the government’s failure to use more
| open source software, three years after it pledged to avoid “lock-in” to
| proprietary systems.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/services-sourcing/news/index.cfm?newsid=5081
Westminster eForum to debate open source
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| Representatives of the open source community are to meet senior government
| officials at the Westminster eForum on 12 September to debate the viability
| and economic impact of open source software.
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2198341/parliamentarians-discuss-open
Parliamentarians to discuss Open Source software
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| The economic impact of Open Source software will be discussed with
| parliamentarians and senior government officials on Wednesday 12th September
| at the Westminster eForum, held at the Palace of Westminster. Open Source
| community leaders Alan Cox, developer of the Linux Kernel, and Mark Taylor,
| President of the Open Source Consortium, will contrast the popularity of Open
| Source technologies in industry and with its limited adoption in the public
| sector.
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http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=33556&hilite=
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