UK Government Boosts Open Source Adoption 106
Cameron Logie writes "The UK Government has today announced full backing for greater adoption of Open Source solutions in the public sector. According to the article at the BBC News site, 'Government departments will be required to adopt open source software when "there is no significant overall cost difference between open and non-open source products" because of its "inherent flexibility."'"
Re:Spin (Score:3, Informative)
I'm sorry, I don't have the figures, but I'd rather live in a country where the police are rarely seen, and when they are they act with (relative) prudence, instead of like drunken cowboys.
I'd also prefer to live in a country where they don't incarcerate 1/8 of all black males under the age of 30 [wsws.org], or detain people without charge indefinitely [webcitation.org].
Those topics are far more important to me than some cameras placed in public places.
A press release only. (Score:1, Informative)
This is just a press release, it's intended to neutralise [telegraph.co.uk] the Conservatives open source policy announcements. Nothing is actually going to happen.