[EuroPython] government money, socialism et al.

[Paul Browning]

--On 15 February 2002 12:19 +0100 "M.-A. Lemburg" <mal@lemburg.com> wrote:

> Nicolas Pettiaux wrote:
>>
>> Le Vendredi 15 F=E9vrier 2002 02:55, Martijn Faassen a =E9crit :
>> > Laura Creighton wrote:
>> > > I am organising a plan to Get Government Money.  (if I can figure =
out
>> > > how to make a new Wiki Page).
>>
>> very good idea. I have some contacts at the EU and besides I am in
>> Brussels. We could coordinate this (publically through the list) and
>> exchange the contacts (privately with the SponsorTeam)
>
> Indeed. Say, is there a lobby in the EU for OSS ?

It's an interesting space to watch. Wasn't a French minister
recently singing the praises of OSS?

There are signs that the
British Government's apparent love affair with Microsoft is
starting to cool following the publication of two papers for
consultation:

http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/rfc/rfc_document.asp?docnum=3D429
http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/rfc/rfc_document.asp?docnum=3D430

(And yes, don't use Netscape 4 or you can't see the pages.
Open government or what?)

Paul

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