On Thu, 16 May 2002, Brian Kelly wrote:
> I understand that local authorities are concerned with MS licensing
> charges, and that central Government has made it clear that open source
> software is acceptable.
... except where it's not. It's fine unless you want to interoperate with
central government, in which case you have to pay Microsoft. See:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25003.html
"80 government departments and 200 agencies will have to buy Intel
hardware and a sizeable wodge of Microsoft server software" ... "This
will represent a substantial amount of revenue for Microsoft UK, and a
serious expense for local government"
Remember, these are your tax pounds being wasted.
Other related reading:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/23413.html
(Open Source is acceptable, sort of)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24882.html
http://www.affs.org.uk/
Andrew.
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