____/ 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
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| 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
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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.
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