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A forthcoming conference will highlight the potential cost savings local authorities could make by switching to open source software.
The UK’s first national conference on open source software in local government is taking place on 1st April 2009 in Manchester.
The conference provide a forum for councils to learn from other local authorities who are now experiencing [...]

Simon Phipps, Chief Open Source Officer at Sun Microsystems was the first person The H called. He was pleased to see the updated policy, “It’s a great thing to see it published, as the 2004 policy didn’t help very much”. The new policy had “a lot of good things in it” such as the costing [...]

The government has published a new policy aimed at promoting the use of open source software in the public sector.
It is also aimed at promoting open standards and encouraging the re-use of IT solutions. Measures include an education programme, guidance on procurement from the Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council and assessment of new products.
Government promotes [...]

The UK government has said it will accelerate the use of open source software in public services.
Tom Watson MP, minister for digital engagement, said open source software would be on a level playing field with proprietary software such as Windows.
Open source software will be adopted “when it delivers best value for money”, the government [...]

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 [...]

The government has published its policy on open-source software, promising to use open source rather than proprietary alternatives if there is no significant cost difference in products and services.
In a statement on Tuesday, the government said IT procurement decisions will be judged on total cost of ownership (TCO), including exit and transition costs. Open source [...]

Tom Watson, the Cabinet Office minister charged with “digital engagement”, isn’t sitting around. The Cabinet Office today released an interesting document which it says will put open source software onto an equal footing with proprietary forms for procurement.
Announcing it, Watson said: “”Open Source software is a not a cure-all remedy and is not the only [...]

The British Conservative Party was wrong to slate the U.K. Government for its approach to open source, and U.S. outfit Fortify Software has come up with research to prove it. The bottom line: open source is just too risky anyway.
According to Fortify, comments made by Tory shadow Chancellor George Osborne on the Government’s alleged failure [...]