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:UK Government: Closed Minds on Open Source
UK Government: Closed Minds on Open Source
Jan 4, 2008, 22 :00 UTC (9 Talkback[s]) (6668 reads)

(Other stories by Glyn Moody)

"To its eternal shame, the UK Government uses far less open source than most. Worse, it seems to have a closed mind to the whole idea. That's evident in the guidelines that have been released to aid in the interpretation of amendments to Computer Misuse Act (CMA) of 1990 with respect to 'unauthorised access to computer material' (aka cracking)..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
You have this story about how the UK is  ...   Who Knows?!?   
Guru
Jan 4, 2008, 23:30:32
 
The UK government uses less open source  ...   With good reason   
Sarah
Jan 5, 2008, 02:47:23
 
Our government are so obsessed with "mon ...   Sir Richard Gates the 3rd   
Mark
Jan 5, 2008, 04:00:14
 
If the "IT consultants" to the governmen ...   same old lies   
Nomen Publicus
Jan 5, 2008, 07:50:38
 
> The real problem is that the UK govern ...   Re: same old lies   
Colin Walls
Jan 5, 2008, 10:03:57
 
Ok, let's lobby the government from  ...   A change of tactics?   
Mark
Jan 5, 2008, 17:48:49
 
...> 4) Keep Britain a Microsoft only sh ...   Re: A change of tactics?   
James E LaBarre
Jan 6, 2008, 15:07:56
 
And we get a generation of "IT geeks" th ...   Re: Re: A change of tactics?   
Mark
Jan 6, 2008, 16:56:18
 
 I'm beginning to suspect this is th ...   Re: Re: A change of tactics?   
jp
Jan 6, 2008, 21:57:04
 
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