Shadow chancellor berates government
No surprise about that, except open source was the issue.
Reported here on ZDNet are these comments from George Osborn MP, the shadow chancellor:
Too many companies are frozen out of government IT contracts, stifling competition and driving up costs. Not a single open-source company is included in Catalyst, the government’s list of approved IT suppliers. [One of the problems is] a government IT system … incompatible with other types of software, which stifles competition and hampers innovation.
The speech can be read in full here, on the Conservative Party website.
He made similar comments on the BBC’s Today programme; go to the BBC website here to hear the interview.