What is the OSC?
The Open Source Consortium (OSC) represents the Open Source business community in the UK. We currently have over 80 members - more than any other FOSS business consortium in Europe.
As a not-for-profit organisation, we guarantee the quality of Open Source deployments by setting professional standards and bonding our members. In doing so our aim is to help our members win more business within the UK's public and private sectors.
Membership of the OSC is open to organisations with a proven commitment to providing high-quality, enterprise-ready IT solutions based on Open Source components.
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OSS Watch Workshop
The workshop will highlight frameworks for evaluating open source against comparable closed source solutions, and illustrate various techniques for appreciating and managing the both the perceived and real risks of adopting open source software. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on the differences between procuring and supporting open and closed source solutions, either using an in-house team or outsourcing to specialist providers by engaging directly with successful IT and educational practitioners who extensively use open source solutions in their businesses.
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BBC Trust & OSC
The BBC Trust and the Open Source Consortium (OSC) have agreed the promotion of Microsoft by the BBC should end. After a meeting with the OSC, the BBC Trust restated its commitment to a platform agnostic solution for the iPlayer's catch-up service and agreed that the recently launched streaming service was only an interim solution. |
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Meeting Reaction
Following a meeting with members the BBC's Future Media & Technology department on 6th November 2007, this article outlines what was discussed and agreed. |
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Open Letter
A letter in which the Open Source Consortium responds to a recent interview with Ashley Highfield concerning growing public dissatisfaction of the iPlayer and concern at the strong links between the BBC and an abusive monopolist. |
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