On Saturday 24 Dec 2011 08:56:37 Terry Coles wrote: > See http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2011/12/uk-government- > open-standards-the-great-betrayal-of-2012/index.htm. > > There's vague talk of a new definition of what is Open, but until then, > there is no longer a definition, so anything goes. > > I know I get a bit heated about these things at times, but to me, the > definition of an 'Open Standard' is pretty self evident and the original > guidance had a perfectly good explanation, so this can only be intervention > from the companies with money. > > Most of the world now recognises the benefits of Open Source and Open > Standards and the UK Government steps back to the dark ages. > > <sarcasm>You can rely on them to do the right thing for UK PLC. </sarcasm>
Just to bring this issue up to date see Glyn Moody's latest at: http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2012/01/uk-cabinet-office- betrayal-of-open-standards-confirmed/index.htm -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, second Tuesday 2012-01-10 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:[email protected] How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
