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Government pushes for open-standard data releases

...spending information. In answer to a separate question from Lib Dem MP John Pugh, Maude said his office had not yet made any estimate on... Read more

21 June, 2010 by Kable

MP attacks government over Microsoft policy

...s IT strategy, saying that it has given Microsoft too much control. John Pugh, who is MP for Southport and a member of the Public... Read more

10 October, 2007 by Colin Barker

UK failing to exploit open source

...s IT budget, which Gauke said would amount to £620m a year. John Pugh, Liberal Democrat MP for Southport, was also active at the event... Read more

13 September, 2007 by Peter Judge
Shadow chancellor slams government over open source

Shadow chancellor slams government over open source

Conservative MP George Osborne has called for widespread adoption across industry, while pointing out the software failings of central government Read more

8 March, 2007 by Colin Barker
Photos: Centre launched to promote open source

Photos: Centre launched to promote open source

John Pugh MP spoke at the launch, and said he was "astonished" that... Read more

27 February, 2007 by Richard Thurston

IPod row: MPs rush to Apple's aid

...supplying replacement batteries for its iPod music player. Derek Wyatt MP and John Pugh MP have both submitted amendments to an Early Day Motion (EDM... Read more

23 January, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

MP: How open source can conquer government

...that tends to stick with large companies and known systems, according to John Pugh, Liberal Democrat member of parliament for Southport. However, open-source companies... Read more

25 June, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

Becta takes Microsoft to the OFT

...the Open Schools Alliance, a campaign body supported by Liberal Democrat MP John Pugh, who has frequently criticised government support for Microsoft. The event had... Read more

19 October, 2007 by Peter Judge
Becta: Educating Microsoft

Becta: Educating Microsoft

Stephen Lucey, Becta's executive director of strategic technologies, reveals why the agency is pressuring Microsoft over its licensing programmes, and how it's happy to embrace open source Read more

1 February, 2007 by Richard Thurston

MP tries to level software playing field

...seeking to level the playing field between proprietary and open-source suppliers. John Pugh said that open-source providers are often disadvantaged because they tend... Read more

28 November, 2006 by Richard Thurston

MPs: Open source faces exclusion in schools

...schools from deploying open-source software. Nineteen MPs, led by former teacher John Pugh, are backing a parliamentary motion which claims that Becta (British Educational... Read more

27 November, 2006 by Richard Thurston

NHS IT "sleepwalking towards disaster"

...MPs. The two MPs, Richard Bacon, Conservative MP for South Norfolk, and John Pugh, Liberal Democrat MP for Southport, are both members of the parliamentary... Read more

11 September, 2006 by Andy McCue

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