[Gllug] DTI/Government Open Source Software consultation

[Rich Walker]

Chris Bell <chrisbell at overview.demon.co.uk> writes:

> On Wed 07 May, Rich Walker wrote:
> 
> > 
> > We could arrange to swamp their meeting...
> > 
> > cheers, Rich.
> > 
>    Being able to convince a meeting that OSS is good is one thing, but
> anyone wishing to provide services must still watch the list of projects
> offered for external tender, see
> 
> http://www.ogc.gov.uk

A useful tip.

But this seems to be more on the nature of persuading the writers of
tenders that the produce must be OSS - or better, GPL - and hence
ensuring that the work done by those picking up the tenders is actually
useful to the broader community in the long term...

cheers, Rich.

> 
>    Favoured bidders may hear a whisper that a contract is being offered,
> others have to look for themselves.

Ain't that always the way...

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