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by Open Source News December 3, 2009 09:05 AM

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As I've noted many a time, the UK government has been one of the most backward when it comes to adopting open source solutions. The fact that over the last few years it has started to make vague noises about doing so shows more that it's realised it looks pretty dumb compared to other governments as a consequence, not that it's serious about things. Indeed, it's still the case that closed-source software dominates government procurement.

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