Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 23 April 2008 12:18 : \____
>
>> High Plains Thumper <highplainsthumper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> London council dumps Microsoft, may go open source instead
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>> NEWHAM LONDON Borough Council has scrapped the controversial
>>>>> 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) it signed with
>>>>> Microsoft in 2004 and drawn up a new agreement with a new
>>>>> set of deliverables.
>>>> `----
>>>
>>> The tide has turned ....
>>>
>>> [quote]
>>> The council decided Microsoft's flagship government contract
>>> failed to demonstrate its value, four years after it was signed.
>>>
>>> The revelation will be a boon to the open source movement after
>>> years of being faced down in the public sector by the shining
>>> example of Newham, which chose Microsoft over open source on the
>>> strength of a cut-rate deal and a report commissioned by the
>>> vendor itself.
>>> [/quote]
>>
>> I think that the national audit office should look into the practice
>> of using vendor-funded studies to make purchasing decisions.
>
> Have you seen *this* followup from the INQ yet?
>
> Microsoft Shillcosystem in the UK Cites Own Studies for Verification to Exclude
> FOSS
>
> Newham has a cow over Microsoft MOU
>
> ,----[ Quote
>| However, Newham has supplied the INQUIRER with internal studies that it says
>| do demonstrate that its decision to commit to Microsoft was justified. The
>| studies were performed by Socitm, a private public sector consulting firm of
>| which Newham COI Steele is a vice president. the INQUIRER will report on
>| these findings in due course.
>|
>| Meanwhile, the original MOU is enlightening. As well as claiming the deal
>| would enable Newham to achieve high rankings in Audit Commission assessments,
>| it committed Newham to moving all "competitive technology" to Microsoft,
>| regardless of the feasibility of such a move.
>|
>| It also required Steele to promote Microsoft software.
>|
>| See attached file: Memorandum of Understanding.doc
> `----
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/21/microsoft-newham-council-goes
>
> Smells like a good corruption, especially if you join this with other known
> facts.
>
> Refs in <10527827.y24rQDqObA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
Good God! Total corruption! Amazing. How on earth do these people
manage to stay in a job? That should go to court, to my mind.
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