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On 25/05/2010 20:15, tom wrote:
I asked my (Conservative) MP here in S Wales what the coalition government's view is on FLOSS, here's his reply:It depends on you point of view. BECTA did negotiate a lower license fee for schools some time back. It may have done Microsoft based schools a favor ... but it set back open source because it gave Microsoft another crow bar to use to worm their way into schools with smaller budgets and gobble it all up.
'The government are positive about FLOSS because it creates greater diversity and competition. I am not sure about plans to use in government but would expect that when IT services contracts come to be renewed that they will consider the best option re cost, efficiency and security.'
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