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Local Government Open Source Conference 2009 (PSF 033/09)
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| Open, Competitive Choice for IT Users
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| Faced with unprecedented financial pressures, Open Source is fast attracting
| increasing attention from councils as a viable, credible alternative to
| vendor-proprietary software that can deliver long-term cash savings and
| business value.
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http://www.publicsectorforums.co.uk/page.cfm?pageID=5448
What Role Will Open Source Play In Government?
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| With a sizable portion of the Obama administration's proposed $825 billion
| economic stimulus plan expected to go to IT infrastructure projects, solution
| providers are licking their chops at the prospect of more business
| opportunities, many of which could involve open-source technologies.
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| But some open-source experts wonder if Sun Microsystems Chairman Scott
| McNealy, who has been asked by the Obama administration to produce a paper on
| how open-source software and technologies can be channeled toward more
| cost-effective government, is the most appropriate voice for the community.
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http://www.crn.com/software/212903002
Yesterday:
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
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