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On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Henry Bremridge <henry.bremridge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 05:53:39PM +0100, George Parker wrote: >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12905303 >> >> Quote "Mr Jenkin also questioned the government's commitment to >> "open source" software, asking how many civil servants in charge of >> making the policy work had a background in the open source >> community. He pointed out that the previous government's "open >> source" guru had left to join Microsoft." >> > Same article > > "Mr Watmore... insisted the government was committed to using more "open source" > software to save cash - but had to balance this with concerns about how > easily it could be "hacked". Interesting the perception that "open" appears to translate to "insecure" (easy to "hack"; should be crack), at least to that politician. It would be soooo much easier if we could just elect a lug member to parliament? lol? Simon? Gordon? Tom? Rob? Paul? et al - you got much on? ........ lol roly :-) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq