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[The Guardian says...] The OS told the Guardian: "We are bidding for pan-government agreement and we operate in fair competition under heavy scrutiny. The only monopoly we have is in the mapping of uneconomic areas." In 2004-05, 47.5% of its 100.4m trading revenue came from government (which allows it to claim that it is not government funded).
Ordnance Survey is no more government funded than many large IT suppliers and other companies who provide services to government customers. In many cases, the development of core software in the private sector is aided considerably by long-term development contracts with government.
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