Re: Disappointing
The quote was part of an email conversation, and as far as I can remember it's accurate. It's far from being all I said, but I'm used to that. However, I was very careful not to make assumptions about what XP machines might be used for...
As for open source... Well, a 'best practices' approach is always desirable, but converting to open source, while it might be economically advantageous in the long run, would be an initially expensive exercise to do properly, and UK governments have a patchy record in terms of resourcing (and outsourcing) major IT projects. If done on the cheap, it could have all sorts of undesirable effects.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
