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[LUG] New Freedom of Information request for Terms of Reference

 

Reference:      - 101000203291

Under your rely to Freedom of Information request ref 101000195219 you advised that

"Devon County Council procurement policy mandates the consideration of Open Source 
options. It is anticipated that a review of the Office Suite will commence second 
quarter of 2008."

Could you please advise what the terms of reference are for that review?

ie what does it cover? does it include
- File sizes and hard-drive space
- cost up teaching users the latest Microsoft Office, vs the current opensource 
variant
- Determination of financial discount rate for ongoing support / upgrades from 
non-opensource suppliers
- Support and what support is required
- Lock-in stipulations
- What the criteria are used to determine the appropriate software (cost, and over 
what time period? Utility (defined how)? Access to data? ISO Standards?)


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Henry
Tue Nov 20 13:43:16 GMT 2007

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