-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Government considers US-style open source data website
,----[ Quote ]
| The UK government is considering launching an open source data website,
| similar to the data.gov site launched by the US government in May.
`----
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/05/236321/government-considers-us-style-open-source-data-website.htm
FOSS can work in the Free Market
,----[ Quote ]
| That is why non technical users should be involved with FOSS funding, they
| can’t direct development through their own skills, but they should be able to
| direct development (even if just slightly) through their purchase of
| developer time.
`----
http://doctormo.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/foss-can-work-in-the-free-market/
Recent:
Forget EC Fines: Microsoft is "IT" for many EU Governments
,----[ Quote ]
| Hungary - where I am currently based - only a month ago agreed to put open
| source options on the tender list for government tech projects. Previously,
| government tenders would simply state, "Microsoft or equivalent products".
| Microsoft has splashed its cash around the country both in terms of marketing
| and lobbying that it has much of the public sector sown-up, as open source
| guru Richard Stallman remarked on a recent visit to Budapest.
|
| And let's not forget that the UK only just agreed to "level the playing field
| for open source" software - basically admitting that up till now the game has
| been firmly rigged against non-proprietary software.
`----
http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10012806o-2000331759b,00.htm
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)
iEYEARECAAYFAkouAVcACgkQU4xAY3RXLo7fjQCeJsrcx+FOHj6j5dw9Tcv+7VFO
dYYAoKimwcOe7Q0YtCpCE35OV97KuMbX
=X1SQ
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
|
|
