UK Goverment accounces a (very postive) policy on Open Source Software

Hi everyone,

The UK Government has accounced a new policy on the usage of Open Source
Software in the Government sector, and it's pretty positive for us. The
Register sums it up here:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26335.html

Some short takes from that:

- UK Government will only use products for
interoperability that support open standards and
specifications in all future IT developments.

- UK Government will seek to avoid lock-in to
proprietary IT products and services.

- UK Government will explore further the possibilities
of using OSS as the default exploitation route for
Government funded R&D software.

Very cool. :-)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift

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