At 09:07 PM 10/17/02 -0600, you wrote:
Not sure how many may have already read this article, but here it is incase there are those who have not.<snip> UK Government will consider OSS solutions alongside proprietary ones in IT procurements. Contracts will be awarded on a value for money basis; UK Government will only use products for interoperability that support open standards and specifications in all future IT developments; UK Government will seek to avoid lock-in to proprietary IT products and services; UK Government will consider obtaining full rights to bespoke software code or customisations of COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) software it procures wherever this achieves best value for money; UK Government will explore further the possibilities of using OSS as the default exploitation route for Government funded R&D software. </snip> To view the entire article visit: http://www.shout99.com/contractors/showarticle.pl?id=12017&toparticle=12017 http://www.ogc.gov.uk/oss/OSS-policy.html --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.404 / Virus Database: 228 - Release Date: 10/15/02
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