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Hi James, & everyone else posting on this matter, or just reading but not commenting<br><br>One aspect I am aware of, having been labelled 'a protester' when I happened to live in the path of a motorway scheme, which the construction, planning & implementation phases took no account of people, their lives, their views, objections or any other 'non-factors', including how, when, & where those same people were to be moved, including all their possessions! [could be you, at some time soon...]<br>There was 'an agenda', managed by politically manipulated media, enforced by the courts, unfairly, as half the needed information was unavailable, or deliberately distorted, and the Police/Bailiffs, armed with phrases like....It's progress, I've got a family to feed, It's my job, etc....... & sod everything else<br>Upshot was, I got illegally evicted, no compensation, and had my life's possessions taken/smashed/robbed, by whatever means necessary, to get me out of the way, and then they took away my ID<br><br>Yes, that's just as much <i>Government</i>, too...<br><br>How are you affected by it.....well, try objecting peacefully today, and you're a terrorist..... <b>eID</b> is the new cool<br>Publicly, Microshaft is taking a caning, but behind the scenes they, and others, [Equifax, IBM, & Google, Paypal, to name just a few] are heavily involved in shaping IPV6, data tagging, data collection and social manipulation on social sites like facebook, youtube, search tagging etc, in 'consultation' with our 'public services' CESG/security services departments who are shaping what we can/cannot do on the www<br><br>....& then there's Europe, and 'our rights'<br><br>So, where does this lead......big brother, of course.....<br><br>A bit of info<br>http://www.springerlink.com/content/bw4r060035250522/fulltext.html<br><br>......got your number ha ha<br><br>I can't see how government can put Open Source 'on a level playing field' with Commerce<br>Commerce owns the field, the linesmen, the referees, the players, pays the wages, tells the news team the script, and sets the goals & when they are to be made......<br><br>sounds nice & level to me, if you're on the level....wink wink<br><br>or should that be corrupt...?<br><br>have a nice datalife ....wink<br><br>Aitch<br><br>=================================================================<br><br>> From: jimmyblake@gmail.com<br>> To: kent@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 12:54:13 +0100<br>> CC: kent@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> Subject: Re: [Klug-general] Linux and Open Standards in Public Government Organisations<br>> <br>> Further to this email and my last posting, you're right that the <br>> government is trying to drive open source adoption (as well as cloud <br>> services). This is a government-driven policy (i.e MPs), which I was <br>> lucky enough to contribute to under the Digital Britain consultation.<br>> <br>> The actual inplementations (in any part of government that handles <br>> protectively marked material) will have to be assed by CESG (civil <br>> servants) before adoption.<br>> <br>> As usual government promises are subject to the reality of <br>> implementation.<br>> <br>> James<br>> <br>> -- <br>> Sent from the mobile device of James Blake<br>> <br>> On 3 Sep 2009, at 12:38, George Prowse <george.prowse@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> <br>> > nicolas diogo wrote:<br>> >> Hi folks,<br>> >><br>> >> i have joined a local government institution recently and i am <br>> >> impressed (if that is the right word) with the lack of open-source <br>> >> standards used.<br>> >> what i means is that everyone uses MS word 2007, and there is no <br>> >> interest in using alternatives such as openoffice.<br>> >> likeways, there are many database servers running MSSQL but none <br>> >> with postgresql or mysql.<br>> >><br>> >> so i wonder if there are other folks reading this list that some <br>> >> experience with public government organisations.<br>> >><br>> >> thanks,<br>> >><br>> >> Nicolas<br>> >><br>> >><br>> > Actually and update to my previous post:<br>> ><br>> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/opensource/<br>> ><br>> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7910110.stm<br>> ><br>> > "The UK government has said it will accelerate the use of open source<br>> > software in public services.<br>> ><br>> > Tom Watson MP, minister for digital engagement, said open source<br>> > software would be on a level playing field with proprietary software<br>> > such as Windows.<br>> ><br>> > Open source software will be adopted "when it delivers best value for<br>> > money", the government said.<br>> ><br>> > It added that public services should where possible avoid being <br>> > "locked<br>> > into proprietary software". "<br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Kent mailing list<br>> > Kent@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/kent<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Kent mailing list<br>> Kent@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/kent<br><br /><hr />Have more than one Hotmail account? <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/167688463/direct/01/' target='_new'>Link them together to easily access both.</a></body>
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