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Stallman Takes Gates To Task Over GPL Attacks
News Gates' latest speech on the issue was delivered in mid-April to Government Leaders' Conference in Seattle, Washington, where he warned developing countries against using software based on the GPL, saying those who put development time into it are...
[May 1, 2002, 11:07]
Gerstner Tells Industry To Take Responsibility
News He referred again to government intervention in the area of security, reminding business leaders and officials present at the conference that there will always be "a dark side of human nature". That's why I have been troubled by how few leaders in...
[March 7, 2000, 12:20]
Microsoft Accelerates Public Sector Offensive
News The programme was announced at Microsoft's Government Leaders Forum in Prague, a quarterly conference for government officials that hops between regions. Chairman Bill Gates and chief executive Steve Ballmer regularly visit with national leaders...
[February 2, 2005, 12:30]
Government To Raise Awareness Of Cybercrime
News Patricia Hewitt, the government's e-minister, will outline the government's stance on the issue when she addresses leaders of Britain's Internet industry and computer security specialists at the Infosec conference in London Monday.
[April 6, 2000, 9:21]
IT Players To Join PM's Electronic Government Dream Team
News The Forum will tap the brains of the leaders in the IT sector, industry bodies and the Cabinet Office's Central IT Unit (Citu) leveraging the private sector's input in the emerging electronic government initiative.
[November 4, 1998, 16:23]
Forbes Global CEO Forum To Proceed
News Despite Tuesday's catastrophe in the US, business leaders will still be attending the Forbes Global CEO Conference in Singapore next week. The event will see more than 300 global business leaders gathered here.
[September 12, 2001, 12:11]
'Double-booked' Gates To Launch Vista In London
News The Times claimed that the Microsoft chairman had managed to get himself double booked, as he is also scheduled to address the company's Government Leaders' Forum on 30 and 31 January in Edinburgh. The date of the Microsoft Government Leaders...
[January 8, 2007, 14:08]
Craig Barrett: Intel Will Prosper
News You would like your government leaders to stand up and say something about that. You would like to think that public leaders are statesmen and have the country's best interests at heart," Barrett said.
[October 20, 2004, 9:50]
E-government Services Could Cost 800,000 Jobs
News Speaking at last month's Microsoft-sponsored Government Leaders Conference in Seattle, Andrew Pinder said: "You can make substantial savings in the delivery of some services where there are civil servants doing routine tasks.
[May 13, 2002, 16:35]
EC Report Backs Open Source For Government
News In a speech delivered to the Government Leaders' Conference in Seattle, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates likened the concept of open-source software to anti-capitalism. This facility, which would concentrate on applications specific to the needs of...
[July 8, 2002, 14:31]
Norway Government Cancels Microsoft Contract
News In a speech delivered to the Government Leaders' Conference in Seattle, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates likened the concept of open-source software to anti-capitalism. The Norwegian government has cancelled an exclusive software contract with...
[July 15, 2002, 13:22]
UK Government Backs Open Source
News In a speech delivered to the Government Leaders' Conference in Seattle earlier this year, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates likened the concept of software based on the General Public License -- which much open-source software uses -- to anti...
[July 23, 2002, 14:17]
Minister Presses For Green Government IT
News We have a responsibility to set a positive example on the environment, so I am asking our IT leaders to work with industry to find new ways to improve the sustainability of government computer systems," said Merron.
[September 21, 2007, 7:46]
E-envoy Disputes 800,000 Job-loss Quote
News The reports said that this figure, delivered at last month's Microsoft Government Leaders Conference in Seattle, would result in 800,000 public servants losing their jobs. The e-envoy, Andrew Pinder, has said that comments he made about job losses...
[May 15, 2002, 17:06]
E-Envoy Sees Chancellor As Broadband Obstacle
News A split may have broken out within government circles after e-Envoy Andrew Pinder told business leaders on Monday that Chancellor Gordon Brown was unconvinced of the benefits of broadband. Attending the annual conference of the Confederation of...
[November 6, 2001, 14:14]
Blair Backs Unbundling Six Months Ahead Of Schedule
News In an historic agreement between European leaders gathered in Lisbon for the two-day conference, the heads of state agreed to the new timetable and a raft of other measures, which are set to put the EU at the forefront of the Internet revolution.
[March 24, 2000, 15:57]
Blair Reaches Out To IT Staff
News I'm looking to you as leaders of the profession to build teams of experts to keep up with and harness the change. After this, the council will get ministerial approval to before issuing a full strategy at an e-government conference at the end of...
[May 25, 2005, 16:05]
A Year Ago: Blair Backs Unbundling Six Months Ahead Of Schedule
News In an historic agreement between European leaders gathered in Lisbon for the two-day conference, the heads of state agreed to the new timetable and a raft of other measures, which are set to put the EU at the forefront of the Internet revolution.
[March 24, 2001, 6:01]
Internet Creates Haves And Have-nots - Survey
News Five hundred business leaders and 500 government officials from around the world have been invited to the four-day conference in Oxford to discuss the future of the Internet and how it will affect education, health, culture and commerce.
[December 14, 1999, 10:06]
£20m On Offer For IT Entrepreneurs
News Aspiring IT entrepreneurs in the UK are in line to receive a share of a £20m fund set up by the UK government to encourage the next generation of business leaders to forge links with industry and commercialise their research and development.
[August 27, 2002, 14:15]
