Brief The National Computing Centre, which has been commissioned by the Home Office to promote the use of open source software in charity and community organisations, has opened a survey into the use of software in the sector.

If you are a voluntary or community organisation, or an IT supplier to tone, put your tuppeny's in here (http://www.ncc.co.uk/research/projects/os_hub.cfm). ®

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