> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:12:32 +0100 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Update 2012- Re: Fwd: [Ossg-announcements] Adoption > of Open Source across HM Government – London 22/02/11 and 01/03/11]] > > On 24/04/12 23:12, Bruno Girin wrote: > > On 24/04/12 23:04, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote: > >> El jue, 19-04-2012 a las 12:00 +0000, [email protected] > >> escribió: > >>> > >>> Re: [ubuntu-uk] Update 2012- Re: > >>> Fwd: [Ossg-announcements] Adoption > >>> of Open Source across HM Government > >>> – London 22/02/11 and 01/03/11]] > >>> Fecha: > >>> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:35:19 +0100 > >>> > >> Is anybody attending these? > >> http://consultation.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/openstandards/events/ > >> > >> I guess today is a bit late for the first one. > > The last one left is this Friday in London. > > > There will be another one because the moderator of the first one turned > out to be engaged by Microsoft to advise them on their response to the > consultation which was an undisclosed conflict of interests. > > http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/public-sector/2012/04/proprietary-lobby-triumphs-in.html > http://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/An-insiders-view-on-the-government-open-standards-consultation > http://digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/2012/04/26/open-standards-consultation-important-update/ > > (hey is that a wordpress favicon?) > > something tells me the rerun of that session will be a bit different to > the first round. > > Alan. > > -- > I work at http://libertus.co.uk > > >Yes, Alan, Microsoft will try to use any option available to counter any >possible threat to their sales prospects. We do not have "Windows 8" yet due >to instability problems, "Windows Vista" was not a commercial success. Ubuntu >12.04 works, without Microsoft help ! Maybe progress seems slow at times, but >open-source is not profit related, and may legally copied unlimited times, >potentially saving business, including educational ones, thousands. Failure to >disclose interest at a meeting can be illegal in some instances, Microsoft >seem to be willing to use any means possible to preserve their monopoly. What >next, a Microsoft bid for Canonical ? > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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