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Will the U.S. follow UK into the open source market?
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| The ‘Open Source, Open Standards and Re-Use: Government Action Plan' released
| last month praises the benefits of non-proprietary technologies. In a
| statement accompanying the report, Tom Watson, Minister for Digital
| Engagement, said that open source was a great example of how people working
| together can come up with products to "rival and sometimes beat those of
| giant corporations."
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http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2009/04/16/will-the-u-s-follow-uk-into-the-open-source-market.aspx
Recent:
Tories consider IT contract cap
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| Instead of awarding long-term contracts to large IT companies they could open
| up the procurement process to smaller firms using "open source" software.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7853086.stm
Tories Back Open Source Software...They Say
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| Fine words butter no cyber-parsnips, of course, and I'll believe all this
| when I see it. Still, it's a start, and it would be good to see Labour
| finally admitting that its megalomaniacal, monolithic computing projects are
| failures, and adopting the decentralised, distributed approach the Tories are
| advocating here.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=1791&blogid=14
Tories consider open source and limit on size of government IT projects
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| Shadow chancellor George Osbourne is considering a report that recommends
| putting a £100m spending cap on government IT contracts and opening up
| procurement to small firms using open source software.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/open-source-business/news/index.cfm?newsid=13011
UK Councils to explore Open Source benefits
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| - First-ever UK conference on open source software in local government
| announced - As new US Govt looks at open source, UK called upon to wake up to
| opportunity
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http://www.linuxpr.com/releases/11144.html
Conservatives 'would level open source playing field' says Cameron
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| Conservative leader David Cameron has outlined his party's IT strategy for
| government saying there would be a "level playing field for open source
| software in IT procurement" and no room for projects like the "hubristic NHS
| supercomputer".
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http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/07/230149/conservatives-would-level-open-source-playing-field-says.htm
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