<i>You haven&#x27;t seen that many publicly funded technology projects, I take it?</i> I have as it happens. Ex-colleagues happen to be working on some, which is rather entertaining as some of those involved are particular left-leaning!<p>Government buying policy has moved to replace the massive SI consultancies that were holding the Government to ransom with nine-figure contracts to support (and deliver) legacy systems (think 00&#x27;s era EJB nonsense). GDS is part of that move to more modern working practices, and I for one welcome it.<p>Governments need IT systems. I would prefer they were delivered with open source platforms and agile methodologies.<p>I&#x27;m interested to hear your ideas for an alternative.