[Bradford] gov.uk site out of beta today

[Nick Rhodes]

Today can be considered the official launch of www.gov.uk  as it moves out
of beta.

There is a jaw droppingly yawn-some opening speech
http://digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/2012/10/16/gov-uk-the-start/

You can get lots of bland over edited blurb about users first, transparency
etc http://digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/2012/10/17/why-gov-uk-matters/

And something for the geeks - open source technologies listed:
http://digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/govuk-launch-colophon/

As someone who works for the Gov indirectly (under the DoH, but NHS
employed), there has been a lot of talk about reducing licensing costs and
open source as a term seems quite popular amongst the management as a
method of avoid paying  license fees. I have no indication that they
actually understand what open source is (they all think open source =
free). I just hope its an initiative that that becomes more than a token
gesture to satisfy some Ministerial whims and goes on to provide better
value to our citizens.

Cheers, Nick.
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