[Bradford] Open source software

[Nick Rhodes]

One thing I did notice.

"The council was also reportedly advised by Microsoft reseller Computacenter
that it could not use open source systems without falling foul of security
rules."

This is the kind of FUD that is preventing OSS getting a fair chance.
I have personally experienced it [being told we can't use OSS] where I work
even though we already use OSS in places (and is public knowledge that the
NHS does).

Cheers, Nick.

On 11 October 2011 10:26, Brian <bradlug at techchico.org.uk> wrote:

> Very interesting. It is pleasing that the Council did not accept, without
> further investigation, that only proprietary software could be used. Very
> good that you forwarded it to local Councillors. It will be interesting to
> see if anything transpires especially as the Councillors will be forewarned
> about tactics of proprietary software vendors. I wonder if Microsoft will do
> their usual price reduction to encourage continued use of their software.
> There is a lot of talk about IT in schools just now, so if the Council, for
> example, started using open source then that might mean that schools would
> start to take a greater interest in it.
>
> When I clicked on the link, in Yahoo mail, I got a 'Page not found'. That
> is only because part of the link had extended to the following line. I was
> able to cut and paste with no trouble, but less tech-savy Councillors might
> not know how to handle that. It might be an idea to use one of the url
> abbreviating services, such as tinyurl, to circumvent this problem. I think
> that this is especially important as people might forward the link to others
> with mail clients that will treat the url differently. I usually give a
> tinyurl along with the name of the site/article details.
>
> Brian
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* John R Hudson <j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com>
> *To:* bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 8:38
> *Subject:* [Bradford] Open source software
>
> Hi all
>
> Interesting article about Bristol Council's use of open source:
>
> http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/cabinet-office-approves-bristols-open-
> source-plans-41932
>
> I've emailed my local councillors about it.
>
> John
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