UK takes Linux to the heart of government
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Open source software is a viable alternative to commercial proprietary software, with potential significant value-for-money benefits for government, the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) has concluded.
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TechWeb - European businesses that have thus far shied away from Linux might not be more inclined to go open source as a result of the restrictions imposed by the commission.
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Government organizations will still be able to use proprietary software and formats but will have to justify it under the new policy.
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Microsoft has appointed a National Technology Officer (NTO) in its U.K. division, charged with developing and promoting the Redmond, Washington, software company's strategy for a more modern and efficient U.K. public sector. Jerry Fishenden began his job as Microsoft's advocate to the U.K. government earlier this month, Microsoft announced Friday. Microsoft has a number of highly lucrative contracts with the U.K. government, including a contract to develop a user interface for the massive IT infrastructure upgrade of the NHS. Last week, U.K. Health Secretary John Reid said that the U.K. government is Microsoft's third largest customer. Microsoft has appointed staff to the NTO role in 15 countries. The job focuses on a variety of issues within the government sector, including security, privacy, interoperability and standards, technical computing and innovation, Microsoft said.
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In a move that it sees as one way to boost the use of Linux on the desktop, IBM is unveiling an open-standards-based suite of applications that runs on the Windows, Linux or Macintosh operating systems.
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The UK government will store electronic records of people entering the UK in effort to tighten border control.
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LONDON -- IT system failures continued to plague the U.K. government this week, when as many as 80,000 civil servants working for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) had to deal with what is being described in the local press as the biggest computer crash in government history.ADVERTISEMENTSolaris 10(TM) OS: Position your business ten moves ahead.Solaris 10 OS has arrived and provides even more reasons for the world's most demanding businesses to operate on this, the leading UNIX platform. Like the fact you can run Linux and Solaris applications side-by-side and run the same OS on SPARC(R), AMD Opteron(TM), and Intel processor-based systems. Discover more reasons and how Solaris 10 OS can move your business ahead today.
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LONDON -- In a deal that appears to buck the growing trend among governments to adopt open-source alternatives, the U.K.'s Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is negotiating a renewal of a three-year agreement with Microsoft Corp.
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The Bhutan government liked its first taste of Linux so much that it has come back for seconds, releasing an updated version of its Debian-based operating system that it launched last year.
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Netra line of servers will have Linux as an operating system option.
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Plans to provide umbrella from patent-infringement suits to outsiders using or developing the OS--a move to counter Linux.
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The government has refreshed the Debian-based operating system that it launched last year.
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The government may take steps to ensure the UK has the infrastructure necessary for super-fast broadband.
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The drive, loaded with the open-source OS, can be plugged into the USB port of any computer to turn it into a Linux machine.
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Copying music from a CD to a home computer could be made legal under proposals from the UK government.
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Ziff Davis - Linux and open source are at the heart of today's computing technology. Deal with it.
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OPEN SOURCE champion Microsoft is expanding its programme to give government organisations some of its source code. In a communique from the lair of the Vole, in Redmond, spinsters have said that Microsoft