Adam Trickett wrote:
> On Thursday 08 March 2007 21:13, Andy Random wrote:
>> The government could save more than 600 million a year if it used more
>> open source software, the shadow chancellor has estimated.
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6430069.stm
>>
>> In a speech on Thursday, Mr Osborne said that despite a government report
>> in 2004 saying there would be "significant savings" in hardware and
>> software if open source software was used, many government departments had
>> not implemented it.
>
> I spotted that and was quite surprised. I expected the Tories to be more in
> favour of handing more money over to already super rich monopolies.
Whatever you may think of Tories, they do have a developed sense of value-for-money.
Notice that they don't cite the freedom of information and transparency which
has been a driving force for government migration to open-source in other countries.
Dan
