<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/5/27 Dan Bolser <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dan.bolser@gmail.com">dan.bolser@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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</div>I've often thought a freedom of information enquiry into how much<br>
local govt. "gives to Bill Gates" would be fun. The problem comes in<br>
trying to cost the alternatives, including all the overhead that a<br>
switch-over implies. Still... it could make for some good headlines<br>
;-)<br>
<font color="#888888"></font></blockquote><div><br> I think the crux of the matter is that Government Departments and Agencies at National & Local level are not adopting and implementing proper contract tendering procedures and protocols within their IT policy. These procedures are widely followed in non-IT contracts to ensure best value for money and to minimise the potential for corruption in awarding contracts, so why not in IT?. Open source software solutions should be allowed to compete with proprietary software solutions with the final outcome, objectively assessed, based on cost and user requirements. What matters is not the final outcome but on how it is reached, I am sure that open source software can favourably compete with proprietary software in quite a few areas (if not all) within IT infrastructures if "given the chance".<br>
<br>Gordon <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Dan.<br>
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