Comments on: New #ukgovOSS Action Plan http://www.news.software.coop/new-ukgovoss-action-plan/591/ Updates seen at the co-operative for Software Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:51:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: niq http://www.news.software.coop/new-ukgovoss-action-plan/591/comment-page-1/#comment-8240 niq Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:23:12 +0000 http://www.news.software.coop/?p=591#comment-8240 You'll note that he (rightly) points out that some open source is more mature than others, and that gov should stick to things known to be mature. Put that in front of the civil servants, and it's pretty sure to mean "the IBMs of this world" stand to be the biggest beneficiaries. Since I'm now on Sun's payroll (and better-off than I was as a struggling independent), I welcome the prospect! Opensource-friendly bigcos put a lot in to it, not least by employing developers like me. Of course I hope smaller companies will benefit too, and I'm sure those with professional-grade presentation skills - the likes of Sourcesense - will be somewhere in the picture. This policy would seem to point to a welcome move away from Oracle and Microsoft. But a move away from EDS and Accenture might be even better news. You’ll note that he (rightly) points out that some open source is more mature than others, and that gov should stick to things known to be mature. Put that in front of the civil servants, and it’s pretty sure to mean “the IBMs of this world” stand to be the biggest beneficiaries.

Since I’m now on Sun’s payroll (and better-off than I was as a struggling independent), I welcome the prospect! Opensource-friendly bigcos put a lot in to it, not least by employing developers like me. Of course I hope smaller companies will benefit too, and I’m sure those with professional-grade presentation skills – the likes of Sourcesense – will be somewhere in the picture.

This policy would seem to point to a welcome move away from Oracle and Microsoft. But a move away from EDS and Accenture might be even better news.

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