Financial Times: Microsoft to Sign New Deal with UK Government | Linux Today

Financial Times: Microsoft to Sign New Deal with UK Government

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 17, 2004

“Microsoft is set to combat the threat of open source software
to its position in the UK public sector by signing a new three-year
deal with the government that offers greatly enhanced services and
support to its basic software packages.

“The deal is likely to be sold by ministers as a significant
step in the drive for modernising government being led by Sir Peter
Gershon….”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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