Thanks for posting about this. I am a West Dorset Kubuntu user and I have just joined your mailing list and I was totally unaware of the consultation. After a quick read I realise that I need to know a lot more to make an informed response.
I was unable to come to the last meeting in Bournemouth and was wondering when or if there could be a meeting in Dorchester/Weymouth or Bridport as there are a number of us Linux users over this way. A meeting could be a good way of coordinating a response to the consultation. I have no great faith in consultations but I know the outcome of not responding. Dave Neylan On 23 March 2012 15:07, Terry Coles <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday 28 Dec 2011 12:06:09 Terry Coles wrote: > > On Wednesday 28 Dec 2011 11:14:30 Simon P Smith wrote: > > > The withdrawal of PPN 3/11 is a scandal! > > > > > > I was using it to try and get some non-M$ products into a government > > > project - looks like that particular prop to my case has been well and > > > truly kicked out :( > > > > Can I suggest that you write to your MP and point this out. By pure > > coincidence, I had just sealed the envelope holding my letter to my MP > > (Annette Brooke) when I saw your post. I pointed out that the decision > > favours the foreign corporates and disadvantages UK companies. > > Well, it's taken very nearly three months, but I've finally got a reply to > my > letter. Annette Brooke responded almost immediately after the New Year > break, > saying that she had forwarded my letter to Vince Cable. It then went quiet > for a while, until I got an email from her constituency office saying that > the > letter had gone to the Cabinet Office. Here's part of what it said: > > 'This is just to let you know that we have just heard from the Department > of > Business that Annette’s letter of 10 January on your behalf, has been > passed > to the Cabinet Office. BIS advised that the inordinate delay has been due > to > waiting for the Cabinet Office to accept the case. I am very sorry about > this.' > > Today, I received via Annette Brooke's constituency office, a letter from > Francis Maude. Unsurprisingly, he never answered my original question, > which > was effectively 'why did the Government reverse the perfectly adequate > Policy > on Open Standards in Government?'. Instead he tells me all about the > current > consultation that is ongoing on Open Standards, which I was already well > aware > of because I participated in the preliminary survey last year. This kind > of > response was only to be expected expected really. You can't expect a > straight > answer out of a senior politician. > > Anyway, can I encourage anyone who has an interest in this (and can spare > the > time), to go to http://consultation.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/openstandards/, > download the Policy Document and respond to the consultancy? > > Remember, this is about Open Standards, not Open Source. Even so, this > country needs to adopt Open Standards in IT to prevent the kind of lock-in > we've had for the last 20 years or so. > > Don't forget that if we don't participate, then the proprietary companies > will > prevail, because you can be sure they'll be responding. > > -- > Terry Coles > 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux > > -- > Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-04-03 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 -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-04-03 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
