[Klug-general] Fwd: [lugmaster] [andrew07@andrewguard.com: Re:[Sussex] Andrew's Slides(FoI 2000)]

[Matthew Macdonald-Wallace]

I also had a copy of .gov's response, I read it as "We know it exists, we know that in some cases it would achieve our goals more realistically and for less money, however we're a Microsoft Shop and as long as Billy-Boy is our friend, that's the way it's going to stay..."

I may be being cynical, I may have misread it, however I think another petition along similar lines (remember this new one is aimed more at Local.gov than national.gov) can only re-inforce the fact that the Open-Source community bis not going to let this one go...

Cheers,

Matt (with many, many apologies for the top-posting...)

On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:25:57 +0100, Karl Lattimer <karl at qdh.org.uk> wrote:
> There was also a petition about this about 6 months back, I did have the
> governments response to it, however I must have trashed the email.
> 
> Essentially they DO use FLOSS, and they're always looking into ways of
> applying the technology effectively.
> 
> K,
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 14:18 +0100, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
>> FYI...
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: [lugmaster] [andrew07 at andrewguard.com: Re: [Sussex] Andrew's
> Slides(FoI 2000)]
>> Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:24:22 +0100
>> From: Steve 'Dobbo' Dobson <steve at dobson.org>
>> To: LUG Master <lugmaster at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>>
>> Hi All
>>
>> One of SussexLUG members gave a talk on the Freedom on Information Act
> 2000
>> and as created a petition for the Government to look into the use of
>> FLOSS.  Please pass this on to your own groups.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Forwarded message from Andrew Guard <andrew07 at andrewguard.com>
> -----
>>
>> Subject: Re: [Sussex] Andrew's Slides (FoI 2000)
>> From: Andrew Guard <andrew07 at andrewguard.com>
>> Reply-To: LUG email list for the Sussex Counties
> <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>> To: LUG email list for the Sussex Counties <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>> Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:32:36 +0100
>>
>> Steve 'Dobbo' Dobson wrote:
>> >All
>> >
>> >Andrew's slides from his talk on The Freedom of Information Act 2000
> are
>> >now up on the site.  Once again thanks to Andrew for his talk.
>> >
>> >Steve
>>
>> Well here are all url's.
>>
>> Well I have got Petition up on PM website all about this subject. If
>> wanted to have FLOSS used by UK government then sign the petition.
>>
>> Petition the PM about this
>> http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/opensourcegov/
>> http://tinyurl.com/35jqlo
>>
>> Read an update version of slides
>> http://www.sussex.lug.org.uk/presentations/foi07.pdf
>> http://tinyurl.com/3bfqay
>>
>> YouTube edited version (Under 10 mins)
>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=TOtjcQt82dY
>>
>> Full unedited version
>> http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=4331616749298783674&hl=en-GB
>> http://tinyurl.com/2hdp9x
>> ----- End forwarded message -----
>>
>>
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