[Discussioni] [NEWS] Newham and Microsoft sign 10-yr deal

[Andrea Glorioso]

Ciao a tutti,

un breve aggiornamento a questa notizia:

>>>>> "Andrea" == Andrea Glorioso <sama a miu-ft.org> writes:

    > Ciao a tutti.
    > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/16/msoft_newham_10yr_deal/

    >   Microsoft and the Newham Council have signed a ten year
    > agreement - worth at least £5m - making Microsoft the council's
    > software provider of choice.

    >   This is the concluding chapter in a long-running battle
    > between the Redmond based software giant and the open source
    > software community for pride of place in the London borough's IT
    > department. As well as significant upgrades to the IT
    > infrastructure and standardising on one version of Windows, the
    > deal will see social workers equipped with Tablet PCs - part of
    > making home visits more efficient.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/09/ms_capgemini_newham_report/

'Independent' report used MS-sourced data to trash OSS
By John Lettice
Published Thursday 9th September 2004 12:21 GMT

  When Microsoft announced victory in its  battle with open source for
  the hearts, minds and wallets    of Newham council last month,   the
  press  naturally   asked to see the   report  Newham's  decision was
  allegedly  based  on. Er, yes,  the  report would be forthcoming, we
  were told. So we gave it a few days, and asked again. And again. And
  again. But mysteriously, although  Microsoft executives are prepared
  to shout from  the rafters  about what's  in the report,  the report
  itself never seems to arrive.

  Fortunately, there are ways to get hold of  documents that have been
  presented, as the report  was, to public  bodies, so if Microsoft is
  still unable to find  it, then The Register is  now in a position to
  help them out. And an enlightening read it is, too.

  But we'll parse the spun versions first, and remind you of The Facts
  as   we go along.  According  to  Microsoft's press  release of last
  month, "Newham's  decision   to partner with   Microsoft  follows an
  extensive platform  evaluation at the Borough,   in which the merits
  of,  and  overall   value  offered   by Microsoft's  software   were
  rigorously assessed by Capgemini. Capgemini were selected to conduct
  the evaluation by Newham, and  ran the evaluations as an independent
  third party."

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Ciao,

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