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On 02/11/12 17:21, Simon Avery wrote: > On 2 November 2012 12:27, Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > Government technology projects must now consider open standards > to help cut costs and improve collaboration across departments, > says the Cabinet Office. > > > Interesting, and good news. > > Actually, it's a little better than you word it, Julian. "Consider" is > a weasel word that allows you to ignore anything before it, including > "Must". > > But the news report says "must comply", which is altogether stronger. > Let's hope they draw up decent standards this time. > > Don't start cheering too soon. Wait until you see the government's exception conditions which have always allowed firms/corporations to get around the rules. Keith -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All e-mails including their file attachments are scanned for viruses and spam using Symantec's and ClamAV's scan engines. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq