[HLUG] HMRC Applications

[Julian Robbins]

On Apr 9, 2012 5:49 PM, "Pete Linnell" <info at lifespacedesign.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Don't ask me, ask Big Jesse. He's not only your MP and sits on the
treasury select committee, he also reckons himself as an open source
advocate!
> :)

Perhaps we ought to invite him to our next meeting ....

Julian

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>
> On 09/04/12 17:46, Steve Horsfield wrote:
>>
>> I was not exactly surprised to read that HMRC has made significant
savings
>> on the upgrade of its existing browser-based applications from IE6 to
more
>> recent versions of Internet Explorer. Apparently the increase in support
>> costs for legacy operating systems and browsers had made this quite
>> imperative. The saving, as against the cost of achieving this through the
>> existing outsourced HMRC IT contract, arose from placing the upgrade in
the
>> hands of an independent company of former Microsoft employees blessed
with
>> insight into the working of its browsers.
>>
>> Well might you enquire, what is the point of the Cabinet Office reporting
>> on the potential savings from open source and non-proprietary systems
when
>> HMRC continues to pay for its applications to be written for specific
>> browsers?
>>
>>
>> Steve Horsfield
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