UK Government Policy Government ICT Strategy Where appropriate, government will procure open source solutions Government ICT Strategy - Strategic Implementation Plan For all relevant software procurements across government, open source solutions will be considered fairly against proprietary solutions based on value for money (VFM) and total cost of ownership Open Source, Open Standards and ReUse: Government Action Plan The Government will actively and fairly consider open source solutions alongside proprietary ones in making procurement decisions Where there is no significant overall cost difference between open and non-open source products, open source will be selected on the basis of its additional inherent flexibility
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