Some £200m has been spent by the public sector on the computer giant's [Microsoft] Office suite alone since 2010.
In the first instance, this will help departments to do something as simple as share documents with each other more easily. But it will also make it easier for the public to use and share government information. ... Technical standards for document formats may not sound like the first shot in a revolution. But be in no doubt: the adoption of compulsory standards in government threatens to break open Whitehall's lock-in to proprietary formats. In turn we will open the door for a host of other software providers.
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I do wish that these journos would stop using 'open source software' and 'free software' as interchangeable terms.[/url]I went back and re-read it and whilst later in the paragraph they do use the term "open source" its only after they have stated that they are using FOSS...QuoteLast year, the IT department successfully concluded the switch to a cluster of computers, running free and open source software. This cluster includes 30,000 servers and workstations and is used for government’s databases, payroll systems, the government websites and its email services.. As per La Provincia, this switch to open source saved around a million euro in proprietary software. Good news is that the islands government pays 300,000 euro per year for the support for free software used by IT department.So in this article they have made it quite clear at the outset (but not in the articles title) that the software is both free and open-source (and that they are paying for support rather than a license and support).Do you have links to any examples where its reported that savings have been made from "open source" when in reality they are using proprietary software that is simply given away for free?I'm genuinely interested and not attempting to pick holes as I think switching to open document formats (current proposal by UK government) and the switch to FOSS (and not just free or just open source software*) is a good thing in general, and in order to encourage this it needs to be reported accurately so that others don't get the wrong idea.
Last year, the IT department successfully concluded the switch to a cluster of computers, running free and open source software. This cluster includes 30,000 servers and workstations and is used for government’s databases, payroll systems, the government websites and its email services.. As per La Provincia, this switch to open source saved around a million euro in proprietary software. Good news is that the islands government pays 300,000 euro per year for the support for free software used by IT department.
11 % of respondents thought "HTML" is a sexually transmitted disease. It stands for Hyper-Text Mark-up Language 77% of respondents could not identify what SEO means. SEO stands for "Search-Engine Optimization" 27% identified "gigabyte" as an insect commonly found in South America. A gigabyte is a measurement unit for the storage capacity of an electronic device. 42% said they believed a "motherboard" was "the deck of a cruise ship." A motherboard is usually a circuit board that holds many of the key components of a computer. 23% thought an "MP3" was a "Star Wars" robot. It is actually an audio file. 18% identified "Blu-ray" as a marine animal. It is a disc format typically used to store high-definition videos. 15% said they believed "software" is comfortable clothing. Software is a general term for computer programs. 12% said "USB" is the acronym for a European country. In fact, USB is a type of connector.Despite the incorrect answers, 61% of the respondents said it is important to have a good knowledge of technology in this day and age.
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