...achieve a satisfactory solution to meet government objectives at a significant cost saving, which could then be used on hardwarespend. It is reasonable to suppose the open source approach will have a significant appeal to many local authority finance...
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2003/06/09/195075/your-shout.htm
...said in the report. Savings could come from cutting the number of government datacentres and reducing overall hardwarespend, slashing software licensing costs and lowering maintenance and security costs by using a standardised platform...
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