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Cabinet Office: no lobby influence on open standards

...were still some points that needed clarity," said the Cabinet Office spokesman. Open Source Consortium chair Gerry Gavigan told ZDNet UK on Thursday that the... Read more

9 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft criticised for Open XML petition

...XML has "pseudo-grassroots" support, argues Mark Taylor, the founder of the Open Source Consortium. "In the open-source world, there's clearly a massive... Read more

5 April, 2007 by David Meyer

Government demands Office competition in schools

...should evaluate it and test it." Mark Taylor, the founder of the Open Source Consortium, a UK-based group of open source suppliers, said schools... Read more

16 January, 2007 by Richard Thurston

Microsoft 'must support OpenDocument'

...to migrate to OpenOffice.org. Mark Taylor, the executive director of the Open Source Consortium, agreed that Microsoft's refusal to support OpenDocument is unlikely... Read more

6 October, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Open source consortium wins EC funding

The European Commission is committing millions of euros to a consortium examining the quality of open source code Read more

23 October, 2006 by Graeme Wearden and Richard Thurston

iPlayer for Linux wins approval of open sourcers

The Open Source Consortium has welcomed the BBC's move to make its iPlayer... Read more

18 December, 2007 by Tim Ferguson

BBC 'committed' to iPlayer platform neutrality

The BBC and the Open Source Consortium have met to discuss concerns surrounding the development of the... Read more

26 July, 2007 by Tim Ferguson

Open-source group to meet BBC over iPlayer

...The Open Source Consortium is to meet with the BBC Trust — the broadcaster's... Read more

17 July, 2007 by Tim Ferguson

Open source groups ally to target schools

UK educationists have partnered with the Open Source Consortium (OSC) in a bid to push free and open source... Read more

5 May, 2005 by Dan Ilet

Symbian Foundation gets nine new members

The Nokia-led mobile open-source consortium welcomes a slew of new members, including 3 and Marvell... Read more

10 July, 2008 by David Meyer

Microsoft to offer discounts to public sector

...over the next five years". Mark Taylor, the former chairman of the Open Source Consortium, told ZDNet UK on Thursday that the figure of £75m... Read more

8 May, 2009 by David Meyer

iPlayer download version reaches Mac and Linux

...and replaced with the new cross-platform application launched this week. The Open Source Consortium (OSC) was one of the most vocal groups about the... Read more

22 December, 2008 by Tim Ferguson

Has IBM's standards move started something?

...all on this, that I can see. There's been support from open source consortium The Linux Foundation, where executive director Jim Zemlin applauds and... Read more

29 September, 2008

IBM warns standards bodies to shape up

In the wake of ISO's approval of Microsoft's OOXML, IBM has joined calls for standard-body reform Read more

23 September, 2008 by Peter Judge

Microsoft licensing switch pleases Becta

...statement. Mark Taylor, chief executive of Sirius Corporation and founder of the Open Source Consortium, said: "[Sirius's view] is that Microsoft has been forced... Read more

16 September, 2008 by Tom Espiner

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yeah! all we want free software

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Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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