[Hampshire] Tories want open source Whitehall

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Author: Andy Random
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The government could save more than 600 million a year if it used more
open source software, the shadow chancellor has estimated.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6430069.stm

In a speech on Thursday, Mr Osborne said that despite a government report
in 2004 saying there would be "significant savings" in hardware and
software if open source software was used, many government departments had
not implemented it.