The comment above was posted to the wrong article It (apologies) it refers to the article posted on 15 Dec:
"Two countries, separated by a common IT market"
Moreover, for reasons that are entirely unclear, the CAbinet Offcie has quietly taken a decision to formally withdraw its definition of an open standard despite it only being a draft. More here:
The comment above was posted to the wrong article It (apologies) it refers to the article posted on 15 Dec:
"Two countries, separated by a common IT market"
https://opensource.com/government/11/12/two-countries-separated-common-it-market
However the this article, unfortunately, makes a couple of errors, which were easy to make based on the sloppiness of the source material.
The Cabinet Office did not consult, it conducted a survey, there's a big difference, read replies to FOI here:
http://www.opensourceconsortium.org/content/view/144/90/
Moreover, for reasons that are entirely unclear, the CAbinet Offcie has quietly taken a decision to formally withdraw its definition of an open standard despite it only being a draft. More here:
http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/public-sector/2011/12/open-standards-rift-tears-uk-p.html
Our general reaction to all of this may be found here
http://www.opensourceconsortium.org/content/view/149/89/
and here
http://www.opensourceconsortium.org/content/view/187/1/