[ubuntu-uk] Government IT spending outrageously high... anyone surprised?

[Alan Bell]

On 28/07/11 17:27, Steve Flynn wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:35 PM, TT Mooney <ttmooney at dilettantism.com 
> <mailto:ttmooney at dilettantism.com>> wrote:
>
>     From the Register:
>
>
> [snip]
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> Why are you telling an Ubuntu mailing list?
>
it is a UK story and Ubuntu might well be part of the answer to the 
government spending less, so I don't consider it wildly offtopic for 
Ubuntu UK, I have seen more spurious departures from topicality than that.

Funnily enough today was the deadline for a document submission for an 
interesting NHS Scotland tender for an Open Desktop for 100,000 desktops
http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN093903

I registered Ubuntu UK as an interested party, so I should continue to 
get updates on progress, the list of questions and answers on the tender 
is particularly fun to look through.

Alan.

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