[ubuntu-uk] UK government backs open source

[Pete Stean]

Oh and on the SOCITM thing, you might not know that in addition to
what they're doing in Newham, Bristol City Council's entire desktop
estate is SuSe-driven. And I'm familiar with the chap who 'made it so'
- they know what they're doing down in Zomerzet  ;)

Pete

2009/2/26 Pete Stean <peteste at googlemail.com>:
> Those of you who have met me on this list know what I do for a living,
> so one must be careful what one says, but just bear in mind that a)
> many people who should be well-briefed are not (for example, I didn't
> know about this week's visit and given where I sit I should have known
> - unless of course discussion of opensource just popped up, which
> frankly happens at these kinds of events) and b) lots of people with
> 'purchasing power' so to speak can only handle what they are familiar
> with, and are frankly scared and confused by the new and the
> unfamiliar. You must also appreciate given the size and complexity of
> some Government systems (but by no means all) the cost of implementing
> an opensource solution to replace an existing system would be
> prohibitively expensive, at least in the short term, and thats just
> the cost of implementation, never mind what might happen if an
> existing Contract was broken, and Government's not about spending big
> bucks on the back-office right now, for obvious reasons.
>
> Just my 2p
>
> Pete
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> --
> 'In letters of gold, on a snow-white kite, I will write "I Love You!"
> And send it soaring high above you, for all to read!'
>
> RIP Billy M 1957-1997
>



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And send it soaring high above you, for all to read!'

RIP Billy M 1957-1997