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:ElectricNews: Open Source 'Too Costly' for Irish E-Gov
ElectricNews: Open Source 'Too Costly' for Irish E-Gov
Apr 30, 2004, 17 :30 UTC (11 Talkback[s]) (6044 reads)

(Other stories by Matthew Clark)

"E-government in Ireland will be built using open standards technology, which may not be open source software such as Linux.

"That's according to Mary Hanafin, Ireland's Minister for State with responsibility for the Information Society, who was speaking at the Irish Software Association's 16th annual conference, sponsored by Microsoft, O'Donnell Sweeney and ACT Venture Capital. At the event, Minister Hanafin gave a brief overview of the state of Ireland's e-government plans and said that an update to the government's ICT strategy document 'New Connections' would be published before May..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
"who was speaking at the Irish Software  ...   Bill strikes again   
Lin_4_Life
Apr 30, 2004, 17:48:00
 
Using open source is cheaper, but Micros ...   Sponsored by Microsoft   
David
Apr 30, 2004, 17:52:45
 
I wonder where she got her Word document ...   ROTFLMAO   
Scott Carr
Apr 30, 2004, 18:20:43
 
When I read the story there were two ani ...   Just another M$ e-rag...   
Matthew Grant
Apr 30, 2004, 18:56:47
 
Watch for those "enhancements" made by M ...   Enhancements???   
mk_scorpion
Apr 30, 2004, 19:31:01
 
Open standards software products are des ...   Not fibs but BOLDFACE LIES   
Joe User
Apr 30, 2004, 19:58:03
 
I am a big believer in "open systems" an ...   Be careful if these people seem to agree with you   
Dan Clayton
Apr 30, 2004, 21:29:51
 
"She added that the government had looke ...   Discount to the bone !   
GH
Apr 30, 2004, 22:45:02
 
So what else is new then? The Irish Gove ...   Stuff the Irish Gov   
FUD-Master
May 1, 2004, 00:39:40
 
A public official attending a conference ...   Lack of self respect   
Steven
May 2, 2004, 11:11:09
 
 What if her predictions are wrong? All  ...   Re: Discount to the bone !--What if it ends badly&   
Mario Miyojim
May 3, 2004, 21:38:43
 
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