Re: [Sheflug] UK Open Standards: Time to act

[Gary Stimson <bulk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 28/04/12 11:48, Richard Ibbotson wrote:
> HI
>
> For those of you who have an interest in this....
>
> http://fsfe.org/projects/os/uk-standards-consultation.html
>
> "  The Cabinet Office is currently conducting an important consultation
> on Open Standards  The question is whether companies offering Free
> Software will in future have the opportunity to sell their services to
> the British government. Whether or not British money will continue to
> be spent on supporting proprietary standards which lock in public
> bodies, currently hangs in the balance.

Thanks Richard.

I strongly encourage everyone to respond to this Cabinet Office 
consultation. Our responses will have much greater impact than signing 
petitions etc.

The consultation is very long but you don't need to respond to all of 
it. If you prefer, you can send some free text instead of answering the 
questions in turn.

If the government wants to demonstrate support then they will count the 
responses, so yours does matter. If they want detailed analysis they 
have responses from FSFE, Open Source Consortium and more. If they want 
to ignore the consultation... they will.

The deadline has been extended by a month (to 4th June) following an 
astonishing conflict of interest by a Microsoft advisor.
http://digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/2012/04/26/open-standards-consultation-important-update/

Again, please do take action on this.

Gary


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