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on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:30:27 GMT
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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Open source providers included in £80M UK education tender
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>> | Becta has included several open source providers in the bidding for a
>> | £80M contract to supply software licences to the education sector.
>> | Novell, LinuxIT and Sirius Corporation are among those believed to be in
>> | the running. This is the first time that Becta has broadened its
>> | potential supplier list to include suppliers of open source software.
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>> http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open
> Open-source-providers-included-in-Lb80M-UK-education-tender--/news/111317
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> In short, there was never a reason to exclude them in the first
> place!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh yes there was. Profits. (OK, so it's not a *legitimate* reason.
But they were initially excluded.)
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> So how many other government departments and local councils in UK and EU
> draped in illegal anti-Linux subversive activities? The topic needs to be
> investigated and exposed by the FOSS companies themselves with a big
> public shame list for all to see.
>
Would be nice. ;-)
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