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"Alpha.gov.uk <http://alpha.gov.uk/>is a prototype, built in response to
some of the challenges laid down in Martha=92s report. It has two overarchi=
ng
objectives:

   1. To test, in public, a prototype of a new, single UK Government
   website.
   2. To design & build a UK Government website using open, agile,
   multi-disciplinary product development techniques and technologies, shap=
ed
   by an obsession with meeting user needs."

There was a specific objective to use open-stuff :)

This is a tech demo, so who knows chances of the site becoming a reality.

On a side note, one thing that I have not seen is any mention of creating a
community around these open technologies developed, as having a healthy
community IMHO is key to getting good value (this applies to closed and ope=
n
source on-going products/projects).

Cheers, Nick


On 12 May 2011 11:04, Alice K=E6rast <kaerast at computergentle.com> wrote:

> It's a great site, but it just happens to run on Open Source, I doubt it
> was a choice made by the government. It'll be the developers that picked =
the
> tools used.
>
> The mix of Python and Ruby strikes me as a litle unusual, I'd imagine the
> Django framework was used for the nice admin interface and/or the subsite=
s
> were developed by different people.
>
> The site itself was developed incredibly quickly, or at least it wasn't
> rumored about til quite late in development. I wonder whether it will bec=
ome
> the main government website or will become a huge waste of money for a fu=
n
> tech demo...
>
> Alice
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> From: Nick Rhodes <nick at ngrhodes.co.uk>
> Sent: 12 May 2011 09:20
> To: bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Bradford] alpha.gov.uk
>
>
> Lets see if this one gets through...
> On 11 May 2011 15:50, Nick Rhodes <nick at ngrhodes.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> http://alpha.gov.uk/
>>
>> Is this a real start to the Gov using open-source technologies ?
>>
>> From http://blog.alpha.gov.uk/blog/shoulders-of-giants :
>>
>> "Alpha.gov.uk is built on open source software, including Django,
>> Sinatra, Rails, Ubuntu server and MySQL to name a few."
>>
>> Cheers, Nick
>>
>
>

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