[HLUG] HMRC Applications

[Steve Horsfield]

Just as worrying is the fact that I got two replies to that in 5 minutes.
What kind of lives are we leading?

Steve



On 9 April 2012 17:51, Julian Robbins <joolsr1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
> >
> >
> > 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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