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:
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
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?
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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
Hi,
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:
http://fsfe.org/news/2012/news-20121101-02.en.html
Importantly as a result of
:http://digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/2012/04/26/open-standards-consultation-
important-update/
the time limit for responses for the Cabinet Office Open Standards Consultation
has now been extended to 4th June 2012.
I was at one of the Cabinet Office Consultations
On Saturday 31 Mar 2012 12:31:12 Terry Coles wrote:
On Tuesday 27 Mar 2012 11:10:27 c...@pampru.org wrote:
This 'Consultation' will support the lobbing giants as I am sure it is
designed to do. I am keeping my eyes, and hopes, on developing Open
Source offerings.
You could be right
Hi Terry,
Well you were right:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/27/microsoft-government-
consultation.
KMail splits your URLs on hyphens BTW.
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209030 Though I suspect the list's
readers are capable of handling two bits to paste. :-)
Cheers,
Well, there you go...
The only way for Open Source to compete is to produce ONE software
suit strong enough to challenge the dominance and powerful
strangle-hold of the giants right across citizens, businesses, and
governments worldwide.
The tendency amongst Linux/Open Source developers
On Sunday 29 Apr 2012 14:40:48 you wrote:
The only way for Open Source to compete is to produce ONE software
suit strong enough to challenge the dominance and powerful
strangle-hold of the giants right across citizens, businesses, and
governments worldwide.
I can't agree with that, because
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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:42:45 +0100
From: Terry Coles d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk
Subject: Re: [Dorset] OT: Cabinet Office Ditches Open Standards in IT
To: Dorset Linux User Group dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Message-ID: 6471691.jZCUBdry2V@beige
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On Tuesday 27 Mar 2012 11:10:27 c...@pampru.org wrote:
This 'Consultation' will support the lobbing giants as I am sure it is
designed to do. I am keeping my eyes, and hopes, on developing Open
Source offerings.
You could be right
There is one reliable rule when judging which way these things go -
look for where the money is!
There is no cashflow from Open Document Format. There is, however,
'lobbying' (and all that entails!) from the big commercial companies,
so the result is entirely predictable.
I downloaded
@mailman.lug.org.uk
Sent: Sunday, 25 March 2012, 9:09
Subject: Re: [Dorset] OT: Cabinet Office Ditches Open Standards in IT
On Saturday 24 Mar 2012 21:04:39 Mark Elkins wrote:
From what I can make out - the pressure for further consultation on Open
Standards actually originated in part from BIS
On Monday 26 Mar 2012 12:13:37 Mark Elkins wrote:
The Open Source Consortium (OSC) http://www.opensourceconsortium.org/ are
mentioning the
http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/public-sector/2012/01/microsoft-hustled
-uk-retreat-o.html again in their blog. Just a thought but you might find
On Saturday 24 Mar 2012 21:04:39 Mark Elkins wrote:
From what I can make out - the pressure for further consultation on Open
Standards actually originated in part from BIS (Vince Cable's Dept) if this
is correct:
http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/public-sector/2012/01/microsoft-hustled-
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
On Saturday 24 Mar 2012 11:20:08 David Neylan wrote:
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
Terry
From what I can make out - the pressure for further consultation on Open
Standards actually originated in part from BIS (Vince Cable's Dept) if this is
correct:
http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/public-sector/2012/01/microsoft-hustled-uk-retreat-o.html
Mark Elkins
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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
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
On 01/01/2012 14:14, Mark Elkins wrote:
o.
Sounds good. I'll send you details across next week once I'm back in contact
with HMG about this.
Appreciate that Mark.
I am back in office today and looked at that good practise guide (OSS) -
published in June 2011 which is why I may have missed
networking event. (c...@pampru.org)
3. Re: Wimborne networking event. (C A Wills)
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Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:40:52 + (GMT)
From: Mark Elkins markelkins...@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Re: [Dorset] OT: Cabinet Office
Simon
Few recent links on CESG and Open Source
http://www.guardian.co.uk/government-computing-network/2011/nov/08/cesg-open-source-security
However in
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/open-source-procurement-toolkit
as of yet no public access to
Simon
Apologies for not replying sooner.
I know some progress has been made with regard to CESG and Open Source and will
dig out a few links on this.
Enterprise Architect civil servants for info.
Sounds good. I'll send you details across next week once I'm back in contact
with HMG about
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
Simon
From: Simon P Smith simon.sm...@askitsdone.co.uk
Subject: Re: [Dorset] OT: Cabinet Office Ditches Open Standards in IT
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The withdrawal of PPN 3/11
On Wednesday 28 Dec 2011 13:31:52 Mark Elkins wrote:
Just for the record I've looked at this recent statement about Open
Standards and feel its more about getting the statement bullet proof as
opposed to actually dropping intention to make greater use of (Free and)
Open Source.
Hmm. You're
On Wednesday 28 Dec 2011 13:47:03 Terry Coles wrote:
On Wednesday 28 Dec 2011 13:31:52 Mark Elkins wrote:
Just for the record I've looked at this recent statement about Open
Standards and feel its more about getting the statement bullet proof as
opposed to actually dropping intention to
Mark,
On 28/12/11 13:31, Mark Elkins wrote:
Are you willing to supply some more info about this because as far as
I know HMG still want to use Open Source? For example I am organizing
a series of internal HM Government events for Senior Civil servants on
Open Source as Chair of the BCS Open
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
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