LXer: UK Gov. to switch entirely to FOSS (?????)
 

Published at LXer:

"The idea of implementing more open source in government is far from a new idea. In February of 2009, Osborne published an article in The Times that said when it comes to IT, big companies should take steps towards open standards and that government should take advantage of available open source technologies."

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As a UK taxpayer and a FOSS supporter, I certainly hope this actually happens!

Isn't this the same rumour that gets trotted out every few years? What will happen is that the contract bods will tell Microsoft that they are thinking of moving to FOSS, where possible, and Microsoft will suddenly remember that licences are suddenly 50% cheaper and come with a free holiday fact-finding tour somewhere warm. Then FOSS will be found to not give value for money. And then this will repeat the next time.