Risk and Opportunity: Open Source in the UK | Linux Today

Risk and Opportunity: Open Source in the UK

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 14, 2007

“Following my recent rant about open source adoption in the UK,
and the lack of it, CBR’s new deputy editor, Janine Milne, attended
the Westminster eForum debate involving the leading open source
advocates in the country as well as a smattering of
politicians.

“The debate indicated that risk aversion is preventing the UK
public sector from exploiting the benefits of open source, but that
UK’s position as the open source laggard of Europe is preventing
the growth of UK software industry and skills…”


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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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