UK Sets Open Source Procurement Policy

An anonymous submitter notes a story in the Register about the UK publishing their policy on the use of Open Source software. (Or skip straight to the policy itself.) The UK has been moving towards this for a while, and while they don't rule out using proprietary code, the policy definitely recognizes the benefits of OSS.

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balzac

[crow_t_robot]

I am having trouble getting IE 6.0 to compile with GCC. Can someone help me?
Thanx
-Bill

Re:balzac

[oliverthered]

Try using G++ from the command line, or check that you have /etc/alternitives/g++ pointing to the correct version of GCC for you libraries.

If that fails you can always move you apps to /desktop/recycle/bin

Could it be...

[Anonymous Coward]

an fp?

I don't think so.

[Anonymous Coward]

Have another go.

New spellchecking .NET service on Apache

[Anonymous Coward]

I just hacked together a spellchecking .NET serveice that acts as a filter for slashdot articles and posts. Off course it's running under Apahce 2.0, and it's totally compliant with Mozlla 1.1, so all you slashbots are in luck.

Just do a search on Google for "lurning too spel".

Re:Brits and their teeth

[Anonymous Coward]

cos they copied your hicks and rednecks? you ever seen a redneck with perfect teeth ?

or maybe cos they have a history and you have last week

Re:Brits and their teeth

[Anonymous Coward]

Two words: socialized dentistry.

Re:TCO

[foobar104]

I knew it! I knew it! I was even thinking, as I posted my comment, ``-1, Flamebait.'' And there it is!

I shouldn't be surprised, of course, but it always catches me off-guard when the Slashdot community (for lack of a better word) operates so predictably. Any comment critical of Microsoft gets +1, Insighful, regardless of merit. Any comment critical of Linux gets -1, Flamebait, regardless of merit.

Good thing none of this matters.

Re:Brits and their teeth

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, but it was a DAMNED GOOD last week, so there!

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Re:Brits and their teeth

[Anonymous Coward]

I think you've been spending to much time in front of a TV and and not enough in front of the Mirror.
</sarcasm>

Re:Ian and Duncan Smith both counter

[Jeppe Salvesen]

Blimey! And the hardline right in the Netherlands was lead by a gay man, until some animal-friendly vegan shot 'im dead.. What's this world coming to, then?

Re:Governments and OSS

[Mignon]

Computer science is still in the stone ages because we force ourseoves to reinvent everything every day.

If you're talking about the early days of computer science, I think you mean "stoner ages", as in the '60s.