tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post6688494526185584268..comments2024-03-22T12:20:48.920+00:00Comments on open...: Open Source? Labour's Working on ItGlyn Moodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-13698931179389306352009-02-25T17:17:00.000+00:002009-02-25T17:17:00.000+00:00Sadly, I suspect they'd just arrest the entire cou...Sadly, I suspect they'd just arrest the entire country to be on the safe side...Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-51592018465141131932009-02-25T16:59:00.000+00:002009-02-25T16:59:00.000+00:00Government too slow to adopt FOSS? Don't complain,...Government too slow to adopt FOSS? Don't complain, just hack into the Royal Navy's submarines' Windows based missile systems and point some Tridents at the HP. That'll gee 'em up. :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-69396358310112520312009-02-25T12:39:00.000+00:002009-02-25T12:39:00.000+00:00You're certainly right about the past; what's inte...You're certainly right about the past; what's interesting is what this means for the future. And even the fact that it's being said is an improvement.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-65076248150032733452009-02-25T12:06:00.000+00:002009-02-25T12:06:00.000+00:00My understanding is that the UK government is more...My understanding is that the UK government is more in hock to Microsoft than most. Certainly whenever I check a government website it comes back as IIS. I know that Windows is used throughout the NHS front-end, in the forces and the list goes on. Strangely other European governments and even the US seem to more into using and contributing to Free Software. <BR/><BR/>I'm very doubtful that any UK politician will go full throttle into Free Software or even open and semi-open source. Microsoft will pay back some of the money the UK spends on their products to ensure that is the case and political will in the face of someone waving money tends to crumble.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com