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Re: [LUG] nhs cyber attack
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- Subject: Re: [LUG] nhs cyber attack
- From: Martijn Grooten <martijn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 17:57:29 +0000
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On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 06:49:48PM +0100, daniel Phillips wrote:
> Forgive me for not knowing the current IT circumstances within government and
> the NHS. But wouldn't switching to an OSS alternative in fact save them
> millions and still be a little more secure then the systems they have in place
> at present?
There are good reasons to switch to open standards and OSS, but a) those
are not necessarily more secure and b) it wouldn't necessarily have saved
a significant amount of money.
(I can expand on both if needed.)
Martijn.
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