Government publishes open-source strategy

The government has laid out a radical 10-point policy for using open-source software that is aimed at gaining greater value from IT.

Traditionally the government has used software primarily developed by commercial companies, though there are scattered examples of the use of open-source software, after a commitment to use more in 2004.

Half of the government’s departmental web sites use Apache as the core web server, while the NHS “spine” uses an open-source operating system.

Government publishes open-source strategy | vnunet.com

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