On 2003-12-04 10:06:51 +0000 Dave Briggs dwb27@cam.ac.uk wrote:
It's basically a guide by the EU for government bodies migrating from propriatory to open source software. The main document is a 150 page behemoth of a PDF, but I have scanned through it and seems to make sensible reading.
I think this has been/will be(? *cough*) mentioned in the AFFS newsletter. http://www.affs.org.uk/ if there's anyone I haven't told yet.
I am starting a new job at a local council in the New Year and [...] it would be interesting to know how things are progressing in this country - especially in the wake of all of our rising council tax bills....
Some UK councils are moving over. The most high profile migration in progress is probably SuSE's work with Nottingham City Council. There's a press release that's more like an article at http://www.suse.de/en/company/press/press_releases/archive03/nottingham_city... and it featured in GLU&D issue 31 (SCO Erupts cover). I can't see it online, but I can drop a copy of the article to you if you want. Richard Heggs from Nott. council spoke at Nottingham LUG back in March, so maybe there's scope for a repeat talk at a meeting somewhere in the west of the area (Ely, KL or maybe P'boro) and inviting council types. Are ALUGgers interested? If so, I'll ask and try to organise/help organise.