Some interesting news in Computer Weekly

A deal struck by government CIO John Suffolk and the Cabinet Office could save the public sector billions of pounds by supplying networked, supported PCs for around half the typical price.
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The Cabinet Office’s price of £800 to £1,000 per PC – according to the numbers bought – includes support, server farms, security to low-level government standards, storage, Open Office (sic) software and infrastructure costs. It is “commodity” pricing for supported PCs, said Suffolk.

Glad to be doing our bit to help the UK government. When Bill Gates “helped” Tony Blair, he got the equivalent of a knighthood. As OpenOffice.org’s marketing representative in the UK…

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