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UK Sets Open Source Procurement Policy

Posted by michael on from the slowly-but-surely dept.

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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  1. Open Source = Proprietary by Mitchell+Mebane · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Contracts will be awarded on a value for money basis. Well, seing as most OSS is free-as-in-beer, they should get a much better value for money by seitching to Linux. Then, they would be able to lower taxes, cause they wouldn't have to pay tribute to MS! I think I'll go move to England...

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