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On Friday 19 March 2004 02:51, Simon Waters wrote:
Adrian Midgley wrote:Significantly the consultation paper categorically states that OSS is not a fad but the start of a fundamental change in the software infrastructure marketI guess it was the Internet that they finally noticed ;)
I know where a portion of the notice came from, and I was there. Score a point for part of the NHSIA actually.
Me I'd go for mandating all major government software purchases must be dual supplier, in terms of support - immediately taking the "trade secret" nature out of the software supply arrangement. Not specifically a FLOSS issue - just standard supply chain management in most industries - IBM did it, that is why Intel isn't the only PC CPU supplier even if it has a dominant position in some other chip supply areas.
Simon, that is a very clear idea which I have not seen in FLOSS literature previously. Would you write a bit more on it, perhaps, and the meme can get started. -- Adrian Midgley (Linux desktop) GP, Exeter http://www.defoam.net/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.