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On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 7:23 AM, Henry Bremridge <henry.bremridge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 08:53:02PM +0100, Rob Beard wrote: >> >> Yep, I think really it could possibly do with something more >> concrete, such as set procedures. >> > > TCO etc are all very subjective issues (for example what is the correct > discount rate to be used for valuing future costs). > > IMHO what is therefore important is that the public sector should be required to > justify > why Floss is NOT used. (I would prefer to have the Public Sector publish > the successful contract details and the associated business cases). I agree. If they have guidelines that say procure FLOSS then they should be required to justify when and why they don't. > I am also sure that no matter what is decided proprietary software is too > important not to be used in some cases, and while Division of Labour is a > well known economic principle, experience seems to illustrate that Floss > can save money and time: > > http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10278308-16.html > Lest you think this move to open source is inspired by a cloud of cannabis > smoke, the report also mentions significant improvements in > interoperability (31 percent), cost reduction (8 percent), and quality > improvements in the municipal governments (22 percent). > > The guardian article on Council Costs > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/aug/26/local-government-spending-open-standards-saving > is also illustrative. > > Conversely as Adrian pointed out there is Newham > http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Microsoft-Services/Newham-University-Hospital-NHS-Trust-and-NHS-Newham/NHS-Trust-Support-Agreement-Boosts-IT-Skills-Without-Increasing-Overheads/4000007615 > > > > -- > Henry > Photocopies or faxes of my signature are not binding. > This email has been signed with an electronic signature in accordance with > subsection 7(3) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000. > Digital Key Signature: GPG RSA 0xFB447AA1 > Tue Sep 28 07:20:01 BST 2010 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iJwEAQECAAYFAkyhicoACgkQrysVpvtEeqFdRQP/fsL23cud2XTe8hTFMzR+F0eA > eXE00lF7Ggpywp1nOuWSkQUl2f6nOGARsZ7FPaKSHuobm5J3B5lMn79+GnOOuVoc > wRKsFCuOHFMiVpuEFIgF4sNb0f6vzo9/iYe1vWRZ7lwZwSDJdS9nRg9rBeMxJDb8 > xJdH+r4T8TB9SO8lbYc= > =2j7g > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq > > Roly -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq