From: "Joe Barr" 

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Tuesday 20 May 2003
Minister backs open source as future for UK business users

Giving his strong backing for the open source movement e-commerce minister
Stephen Timms this month called on UK organisations to take a close look at
open software.

The occasion was the formal launch of an in-depth, qualitative survey of 60
IT directors from the retail, finance and public sectors, backed by the
Department of Trade & Industry and organised by OpenForum Europe, a
consortium of corporate IT users and open source suppliers.

One major finding from the survey was that whereas last year IT directors
acknowledged they had heard of open source software, this year they said
they intend to actually look at it.

"This year we see a growth surge in business confidence for open
source," said Graham Taylor, chief executive of the group.


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