__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 08 March 2007 16:50 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 08 March 2007 15:52 \__
>>
>>> Tories want open source Whitehall:
>>>
>>> |The government could save more than £600 million a year if
>>> |it used more open source software, the shadow chancellor has
>>> |estimated.
>>> |
>>> |George Osborne said the savings would cut 5% off Whitehall's
>>> |annual IT bill.
>>> |
>>> |He called for a more "level playing field" for all software
>>> |companies, and urged "cultural change" in government.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6430069.stm
>>
>> Ah. Ian posted it.
>>
>
> Oh - must have missed it.
I checked the mailing list immediately after you had posted it and there it
was. Great news. But Ian or John said something about it this morning...
maybe they just knew in advance.
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