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The Axe man commeth?

Jun 26th, 2010No Comments

So how many web sites do you suppose the UK government has and how much do you think it costs them (or should I say “us”)? Now bear in mind that these numbers won’t include many indirectly funded organisations, but how does 820 sound? On an annual basis that’s £94 million in software development costs and £32 million on staff.

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UK Government and OS

Jun 12th, 2010No Comments

The Tory party made noises prior and during the election about potentially using or even preferring Open Source as one of their money saving schemes, apparently completely oblivious to the fact that the ‘actual’ cost of software involved in IT projects is generally not one of the major costs involved. For example the new UK Supreme Court website reportedly cost £360,000 to develop (although you might be forgiven for thinking it was done with a free WordPress template in someone’s kitchen over a weekend)  and whether Open Source was used or not would have had little impact on the overall cost of the project.

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