UK OSS Policy

[Neil Warnock]

"The UK has one of the best-written [Open Source] policies out there — the problem is policing it,"

 

You may have seen a rash of press releases on this topic from Ingres recently.  

Eg: http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/government-open-source-policy-lacks-teeth-1925

 

Our experience is that there is a lot of lip service to Open Source software at the enterprise & Gov’t level, but inertia or

even recommitment to proprietary software from MS & Oracle, SAP et al. 

I guess nobody got fired for wasting tax payers’ money with [IBM/MS/Ora/SAP/etc]

 

It’s disappointing to see that it’s even happening on our doorstep – e.g.,  Leeds City Council (a reported £15m over 5 years)

http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39264804,00.htm

 

Rgds,

 

Neil Warnock
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