Re: [Dorset] OT: Cabinet Office Ditches Open Standards in IT

2012-11-05 Thread Simon P Smith
On 03/11/2012 08:20, Terry Coles wrote: Remember the Open Standards Consultation that took place in the Spring? Part of the discussion is below. Well the Consultation worked! The new Government Policy on Open Standards has been published and FSFE is *very* impressed! See:

Re: [Dorset] OT: Cabinet Office Ditches Open Standards in IT

2012-11-05 Thread Terry Coles
On Monday 05 Nov 2012 14:28:39 Simon P Smith wrote: On 03/11/2012 08:20, Terry Coles wrote: Remember the Open Standards Consultation that took place in the Spring? Part of the discussion is below. Well the Consultation worked! The new Government Policy on Open Standards has been

Re: [Dorset] OT: Cabinet Office Ditches Open Standards in IT

2012-11-05 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:46:13 +, d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk said: Well since I posted that there have been some rumbles that the Policy doesn't apply to COTS software By COTS, do you mean commercial off the shelf? If so, where did you hear that? -- We're looking for smart Linux people:

Re: [Dorset] OT: Cabinet Office Ditches Open Standards in IT

2012-11-05 Thread Terry Coles
On Monday 05 Nov 2012 19:31:56 Keith Edmunds wrote: On Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:46:13 +, d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk said: Well since I posted that there have been some rumbles that the Policy doesn't apply to COTS software By COTS, do you mean commercial off the shelf? If so, where did you

[Dorset] Bournemouth Pub Meeting Tonight, Tuesday 2012-11-06.

2012-11-05 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi, The pub meet is tonight at The Broadway at 8pm. For those that haven't been before look out for Terry and his stuffed penguin. http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings:pub http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=members#terry_coles As the first web page above says, we