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To: David Kelly who wrote (47668)	3/6/2002 8:06:52 PM
From: Steve Lee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

I suggest you read the register article and decide if it is consistent with "the British Government decided to supplant MS office with Star Office". The govt has signed contracts with FM companies to provide services for many years, much longer than the scope of anything discussed in the article. The govt doesn't buy the software/hardware covered in these contracts. The prices are fixed per desktop. It is up to the FM company to negotiate prices. If they get a price break from MS, the FM company makes more profit out of the contract and the govt is not affected. What is agreed, and signed into the contract, are the manufacturers and software vendors, and how up to date the equipment and software releases must be. These contracts are signed, and choice of operating system and office software covered by such contracts is a decision made long ago, and not subject to being changed while the contracts are in force.