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From: QwikSand	10/28/2004 1:22:09 AM
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From the WSJ. This would be better if the copy writer hadn't projected confusion. I wonder if the "feedback (Microsoft) regularly receives from their customers" refers to the data generated by those little "Send Error Report to Microsoft" dialogs. --QS UK Govt Report To Tout Open-Source Software Savings -FT DOW JONES NEWSWIRES October 27, 2004 5:31 p.m. NEW YORK -- The U.K. government's procurement agency will Thursday mount a substantial challenge to Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) dominance of operating systems for desktop computers by touting potential savings in open-source software, the Financial Times reports in an article on its Web site Wednesday. The U.K.'s Office of Government Commerce, which is charged with promoting efficiency and value for money, says in a report to be published Thursday that open-source software is "a viable desktop alternative for the majority of government users" and "can generate significant savings," the FT says. About 95% of desktop computers worldwide run on Microsoft software, although the U.S. computer giant has a smaller market for server operating systems. Open-source software - of which Linux is the foremost example - is available free but often packaged into software by suppliers such as Sun Microsystems (SUNW) with its Java. The OGC findings are likely to prompt government agencies, local authorities, health bodies and other organizations across Europe to look at whether fears about the cost-penalties of using open-source software stand up, according to the FT. A spokesman for Microsoft in the U.K. told the FT: "We understand that it is the role of government to promote a level playing field and to foster increased competition in any market. "However, having read the report in detail the findings do not align fully with feedback we regularly receive from our customers in the market place," the FT quotes the spokesman as saying.

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