http://www.richardallan.org.uk/?p=259 The weblog of Richard Allan, sometime elected representative and long-time political blogger. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:02:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.richardallan.org.uk/?p=259&cpage=1#comment-1694 Mark Tue, 09 Nov 2004 09:38:53 +0000 http://www.richardallan.org.uk/?p=259#comment-1694 Apparently the NHS National Programme for IT did not read this report having allegedly just signed an agreement with Micro$oft for desktop software for £500M of taxpayers money. Great! Single vendor lock-in for the next decade…

]]> http://www.richardallan.org.uk/?p=259&cpage=1#comment-1145 Gordon Mon, 01 Nov 2004 21:15:16 +0000 http://www.richardallan.org.uk/?p=259#comment-1145 This should make us all more determined to see that "Software Patents" don't derail the equal and some times better opportunities of FREE/OPEN software. This report says nothing about the "Software Patents" issue, yet this should be of concern especially as the UK Gov wants to use it, maybe another question to be asked of the OGC to highlight the point and the E-Minister ?. Rgds Gordon. This should make us all more determined to see that “Software Patents” don’t derail the equal and some times better opportunities of FREE/OPEN software.
This report says nothing about the “Software Patents” issue, yet this should be of concern especially as the UK Gov wants to use it, maybe another question to be asked of the OGC to highlight the point and the E-Minister ?.
Rgds Gordon.

]]> http://www.richardallan.org.uk/?p=259&cpage=1#comment-920 slef-reflection Fri, 29 Oct 2004 14:56:21 +0000 http://www.richardallan.org.uk/?p=259#comment-920 <strong>In the news</strong> I remarked earlier in the week about reading John Peel's death in a blog first. Today, three blogged news items caught my eye:... In the news
I remarked earlier in the week about reading John Peel’s death in a blog first. Today, three blogged news items caught my eye:…

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