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Expenditure on proprietary software vendors across University

Dave Lane made this Official Information request to University of Otago

The request was refused by University of Otago.

From: Dave Lane

Dear University of Otago,

I would like to have an account of the University's total expenditure for proprietary software (end user and client access) licenses and subscription fees (e.g. for cloud services) over the past 5 years, broken down by vendor, for example: Microsoft, Google, Oracle, Apple, Adobe, etc.

Sincerely,

Dave Lane, President
NZ Open Source Society
http://nzoss.org.nz

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From: University of Otago Registrar
University of Otago

Dear Mr Lane,

I respond to your request for information relating to expenditure for proprietary software, broken down by vendor, for the past 5 years.

The amount spent with individual vendors is withheld under sections 9(2)(i) and 9(2)(j) of the Official Information Act. The reasons being commercial sensitivity and prejudice to commercial negotiations. I note the entitlement to have this decision reviewed by an Ombudsman.

Sincerely,

Jan Flood
Registrar

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From: Dave Lane

Dear University of Otago Registrar (attn: Jan Flood),

Thanks for your email. I appreciate that you want to protect your suppliers commercial interests, even though I think that's unjustified given that it's taxpayer funds, however I accept that you won't provide the by-supplier breakdown I have requested. I do, however formally request that you do as the University of Canterbury have done (see https://fyi.org.nz/request/2203-expendit...) and provide an aggregated 5 year breakdown.

Yours sincerely,

Dave Lane

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From: University of Otago Registrar
University of Otago

Dear Mr Lane,

The aggregated 5 year breakdown was provided in a separate email. Please advise if you have not yet received it and I will re-send it.

Sincerely,

Jan Flood

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From: Dave Lane

Dear University of Otago Registrar (Attn: Jan Flood),

Apologies for the previous request in response to the request for a breakdown of expenditure by vendor and in aggregate over the past 5 years. I only subsequently saw your other response including the aggregated figures - please ignore my previous email in relation to this request.

Yours sincerely,

Dave Lane

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