[Gllug] Government paper on open source and interoperability

Fri Dec 14 20:39:54 UTC 2001

On Fri 14 Dec, Richard Hillesley wrote:
> 
> and a second, which is a draft declaration of their intentions,
> which, at least superficially, seems very positive
> 
> http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/rfc/rfc_document.asp?docnum=429
> 
> there is a request for comments
> 
> Richard
> 
   I thought that two of the main barriers to open source were the standard
government requirements of ISO specified software from ISO specified
contractors, which is why we have such success with software for Scottish
school exam results, air traffic control systems, etc.

-- 
Chris Bell


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