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Secure open source desktop gets public funding

...open source options privately, without attracting the attention of major software vendors. Eddie Bleasdale, director of netproject, said that the Secure Open Source Desktop was... Read more

31 May, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

Microsoft: 'Linux is more of a threat than before'

...Speaking in January after Newham had made their decision, netproject's director Eddie Bleasdale said that "whenever netproject demonstrates an open-source solution to a... Read more

11 June, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Linux club helps firms hide from Microsoft

...software vendors against firms and organisations who consider using Linux. According to Eddie Bleasdale of Netproject, an IT consultancy firm that runs The Incubator Club... Read more

10 February, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Criticism mounts over Birmingham's Linux project

...s expenditure averaged over £2,500 per PC. "That's ridiculous," said Eddie Bleasdale, the owner of open-source consultancy NetProject and an early participant... Read more

17 November, 2006 by Richard Thurston

Europe extends open source resource

...pooling among Member States." But others were less optimistic about its success. Eddie Bleasdale, owner of consultancy NetProject, said: "I would question the need for... Read more

12 October, 2006 by Richard Thurston

BitKeeper: No holds barred open source infighting

...important to protect intellectual property to allow innovation to happen, according to Eddie Bleasdale, the director of open source consultancy Netproject. " I agree with what... Read more

20 April, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Battle continues over true cost of Linux

...too much attention on being more secure than Windows," said DiDio. But Eddie Bleasdale, the director of open source consultancy Netproject, said the report does... Read more

7 April, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Linux firms rubbish Microsoft's customer win

...that can be managed in-house," said Carlson in a statement. But Eddie Bleasdale, the director of Netproject, said that by not evaluating it RICS... Read more

22 March, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Microsoft wins £500m NHS contract

...to the taxpayer to decide whether that's worth it," said Governor. Eddie Bleasdale, the director of open-source consultancy firm netproject, told ZDNet UK... Read more

3 November, 2004 by Ingrid Marson

Police to investigate Linux desktops

...Linux desktops from netproject, a consulting body run by open source lobbyist Eddie Bleasdale, which will argue that Linux desktops are a necessity owing to... Read more

23 January, 2002 by Peter Judge

Linux claims dual victory over Microsoft

...are driving the European Union's interest in open-source solutions, said Eddie Bleasdale, CEO of Netproject. Describing a meeting with representatives from several EU... Read more

4 November, 2002 by Robert Lemos

Linux overtakes Novell in popularity stakes

...the late 1990s, with IBM crucially joining the party in January 2000. Eddie Bleasdale, director of open source consultancy NetProject, wasn't surprised by the... Read more

13 March, 2002 by Joey Gardiner

Open source shunned by UK government

...the trials, has been locked out - a decision the company's director, Eddie Bleasdale, said left him "seething with rage". Bleasdale told silicon.com: "There... Read more

21 February, 2002 by Kate Hanaghan

Microsoft refuses to play security game

...an opportunity to prove its faith in the security of its software. Eddie Bleasdale, CEO of open source consultancy Net Project, called on Microsoft to... Read more

17 October, 2001 by Joey Gardiner

The £10,000 Linux virus challenge

...machine, pick up a prize... The director of open source consultancy NetProject, Eddie Bleasdale, has reiterated his pledge to give £10,000 to the first... Read more

12 October, 2001 by Joey Gardiner

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