[EuroPython] government money, socialism et al.

Paul Browning paul.browning@bristol.ac.uk
Fri, 15 Feb 2002 14:15:31 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)


On 15 Feb 2002 14:00:52 +0100 Konrad Hinsen <hinsen@cnrs-orleans.fr> wrote:

> Paul Browning <paul.browning@bristol.ac.uk> writes:
> 
> > It's an interesting space to watch. Wasn't a French minister
> > recently singing the praises of OSS?
> 
> I don't remember, but OpenSource is a topic of discussion in the
> French parliament, as it is in Germany, by the way. But it seems that
> all those activities remain at the stage of showing interest, without
> actuall adopting OpenSource programs for government/parliament work.

Viola!
http://www.zope.com/News/PressReleases/Zope2-5-Jan28-2001

> 
> > http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/rfc/rfc_document.asp?docnum=429
> > http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/rfc/rfc_document.asp?docnum=430
> > 
> > (And yes, don't use Netscape 4 or you can't see the pages.
> > Open government or what?)
> 
> I can read the PDF versions running Opera 5 under Linux. What's
> the problem with Netscape 4?

In Netscape 4.75 all I get is a largely white page ... but
it does have a W3C logo top left so it least it is trying!

Paul

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