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On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:37:55 +0100 tom brough wrote: > Although I don't fully agree with handing sensitive information over > to a cloud controlled by Google (or the Government's "G-cloud", the > rest of this made a lot of sense). > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/aug/26/local-government-spending-open-standards-saving I read through that article and all I could think of was "you're missing the point". Yes it could save money, but given councils' habit of going "it's not our money so we don't need to look at cost saving" I can't see that as being the most important reason for chosing open source and open standards. He only briefly touched on it and then quickly moved on to talk about Google. *sigh* Grant -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq