J j.e.taylor@uea.ac.uk wrote:
Is anyone(or group) trying to educate en mass all the politicians (in local and central govenrment) on the subject of "better" computer strategy?
Yes. I was at a Cabinet Office event today, hearing them "talking the talk" about open standards, but they've not yet connected it to the related points about independent standards and free software. I think the time is right to get people thinking about this issue and they're ready for some new thinking.
The UK's Association For Free Software www.affs.org.uk is organising a "Free Software For Government" campaign. I think we've just hit a little bump in the road with the national level activity, but if you want to help, joining the AFFS and its mailing list would be really good. Actually forking over some money is good, as there are so many costs in campaigning. I'll be posting a bit more about things like today's event to the AFFS list when I've finished discussions resulting from it.