> > Also the guidance was poor and the apps did not get updated for years. So > the endusers in the diplomatic services > got displeased more and more, but the responsible persons in > the administration choose the wrong way out. > This is the short version, you can read a bit more at the H : > > http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/German-Foreign-Office-explains-open-source-elimination-1241804.html
All this really highlights is the danger of government lock-in to single commercial interests. The snag with an all-encompassing monopoly is that if it goes wrong and it's the established way, people will say "oh that is just the way it is with technology". If it goes wrong after a change from the established system they say "We need the established system". National education systems should be teaching the underlying principles of technology and it's commercial ramifications, particularly at government level. Changing technology is easy, changing people and their attitudes is not. -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications The Schools ITQ www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
