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Key Linux group faces split
News A schism has struck the XFree86 movement, an open-source graphics project key to Linux and several other operating systems, with the core group in charge of the project expelling one of its members. The six-member Core Team of the XFree86 project...
[March 21, 2003, 7:58]
Brown accused of deception over ID cards
News The prime minister Gordon Brown has reiterated his backing for ID cards this week in the face of accusations his support for the scheme is wavering. During prime minister's questions this week, the leader of the Conservatives David Cameron...
[January 11, 2008, 7:51]
Open Source debate barely started
Talkback The soon-to-be-published European Commission funded study into the Economics of Open Source (known as FOSS in Continental Europe) will show unequivocally that the 'results' publicised so far in the UK (Newham and related 'case-studies') are...
[November 21, 2006, 16:41]
Distro choice
Talkback "Ubuntu was not chosen as the maturity of the distribution and official support was not proven" Really? Distrowatch has been listing Ubuntu as the most popular distribution on the planet for years now: http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?
[November 21, 2006, 16:29]
Open source debate brought to a close - for now
Talkback This hit Birmingham city council's attempt to move 134 library staff to a full set of open source software, including SuSE's Linux operating system, OpenOffice 2.0 and web-browser Firefox. The city's library management software, Galaxy, works only...
[November 20, 2006, 23:01]
Open source debate brought to a close - for now
Talkback http://society.guardian.co.uk/e-public/story/0,,1786068,00.html Open source debate brought to a close - for now Arguments over whether open source software really does save money over commercial rivals have come to a head.
[November 20, 2006, 22:59]
Fact: Successful pilot, disasterous rollout
Talkback TU> Facts: Successful Pilot DS> The library pilot was successful because it wasn't run by the council's IT department. Members of the Open Source Consortium were responsible for deploying the pilot Linux machines.
[November 20, 2006, 13:08]
Facts: Successful Pilot
Talkback Coming to what we know of the project, the implementation of the Linux pilot I believe was a success, and various members of the linux community, opensource advantage, south birmingham linux group and the open source academy were initially...
[November 20, 2006, 9:36]
Read the Report
Talkback The project was not a failure due to the OS distribution choice or because the choosen distribution did'nt work I've been told it was simply due to the business (Libraries) not wanting to implement a solution which they saw as a too big change for...
[November 20, 2006, 21:53]
Facts: Successful Pilot
Talkback Coming to what we know of the project, the implementation of the Linux pilot I believe was a success, and various members of the linux community, opensource advantage, south birmingham linux group and the open source academy were initially...
[November 20, 2006, 9:35]
Lame excuses
Talkback This all looks like lame excuses to me. They claim "that training eats up that sort money". Well, so does Windows XP. In fact, installing Linux systems, such as RHEL or Novell Desktop or Ubuntu is easier than Windows XP.
[November 18, 2006, 16:54]
Issues that have not been explored
Talkback Birmingham City Council didn't migrate 'back' to Windows XP, because they were never on Windows XP in the first place. They used Sun Solaris on Sun's Sunray thin clients in the libraries. The publishing of the independent market research report...
[November 17, 2006, 15:36]
Tax Payers Pay Again
Talkback Once again we have schemes thought up by self styled "experts" at outlandish costs - and then fail. Instead of these "experts" we need just plain old common sense and tightening of the tax payer filled purse strings.
[November 21, 2006, 16:27]
'Kissing Babies' in Public
Talkback Highfield: "I am a deep lover of Macs. This is 'kissing babies in public' moment for Highfield regarding technologies other than those from Microsoft. He can't, yet, bring himself to say the 'L' word, though.
[October 31, 2007, 12:09]
DRM pain in the A$$
Talkback DRM is just a pain in the a$$ anyway. I can't play a file legitimatly downloaded from the beeb on my avi/wmv compatible DVD player to watch on my TV because of it. Not everyone has a PC media system connected to their TV's or want to sit a corner...
[December 20, 2007, 10:27]
Price hikes pay off for Microsoft
News Microsoft's revenue rose 10 percent in the fourth quarter, thanks in part to increased sales of Windows XP and a new, somewhat controversial corporate licensing plan. The company reported earnings on Thursday of $1.53bn (£967m), or 28 cents a share...
[July 19, 2002, 7:58]
Poor IT hindering crime fighting
News Police forces in England and Wales are suffering from "outdated and overstretched" crime recording systems, with many failing to meet Home Office data standards, according to an Audit Commission report.
[December 23, 2004, 15:30]
Adobe & other software pricing policy
Talkback I think Adobe is talking nonsense re the re-selling as do many other companies. Much software can be downloaded - no resellers needed - and yet it is still more expensive in the U.K. Why? My feeling is that the mugs in the U.K.will pay the price...
[October 7, 2008, 11:58]
Outrageous
Talkback I work with many small businesses and understand that the documentation for phone lines is often dealt with by office admins. Business owners understand their rental is paid for direct debit and consequently pay little attention to what is...
[February 20, 2008, 16:00]
Education and M$
Talkback This is completely outrageous! They think they will come up with new ideas? Here's a new idea for free, Mr. Beswick: schools don't pay for what they don't use.
[January 18, 2008, 9:12]
