NHS Awards Contract to Microsoft

ChocLinux writes "Microsoft has won a £500m nine year contract to supply software to the NHS, a week after the OGC (the government procurement body) released a report describing Linux as a viable desktop alternative for the majority of government users."

Comments

Re:For the non-british (e.g. me)

[m00nun1t]

For the non-American:
£500 million - US$924 million

LOTS of countries use $ as their currency symbol.

Knighthood

[Skiron]

And don't forget Gordon Brown's recommendation to get Bill Gates knighted. There is more to this contract than meets the eye - it stinks corruption - and the taxpayer (i.e. me) foots the bill, as usual.

Re:Doesn't suprise me a bit

[Alioth]

It's also ironic that Sinn Fein say they are driving "to reunite Ireland". The only time Ireland has ever been united was under British rule!