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Quoting Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hi folks, > > Just seen this on The Register... > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/27/tory_linux_push/ > > "The Tory party will if elected end government over-spending on IT > projects by simply choosing open source alternatives and splitting > projects up, it believes. > > This cunning plan will save us £600m a year, we are told, mostly thanks > to increased competition. According to figures from Mark Thompson of > Judge Business School, 80 per cent of savings will come from apparently > increased competition while 20 per cent will come from reduced licensing > costs." > > According to The Register a copy of the report is available if you > e-mail contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Probably worth reading the article > first. Anyone interested in e-mailing for a copy? Already done. Interesting to note that they are running MS on their server... :o( M. -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace matthew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html