[Klug-general] Open Source Petition @ No 10 Website

[J D Freeman]

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On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 08:06:20AM +0000, Peter Childs wrote:
> And its actually a sensible position. Which is strange given that we
> are talking about the government. Once again the main reason OSS can't
> win the contracts in realility is because we don't have a sales team
> so nobody to sell our often very different solution.

Aaaah, but we do.

The open source consortium has been providing this function since its
inception in 2005. As a consortium we are there to act as a point of
contact for Open source to the public sector. We campaign on a number of
issues relating to the uptake of FLOSS in the UK and europe. This
includes speaking out and campaigning on open formats, drm (bbc issues),
and the like.

The OSC has had a recent campaign with the ISO regarding the
standardisation of the OpenXML format from MS.

Lots is being done, you just might not see it.

J

PS Do I see a need for a talk on this sort of thing?

> ie
> 
> Open Formats to avoid locking so we're talking fromats conforming to
> ISO or ECC Standards not Proparaty formats where possible, ODT etc
> etc.
> 
> OSS will be considered on a level playing field with propertry
> software so long as any Porpertry software does not use propertry
> formats to avoid lock in.
> 
> Sounds wonderful, Reality is some what different however.
> 
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