Hi, I saw this mentioned on a different LUG list I lurk in:
"Just to let you know that a LinuxQuestions member initiated an e-petition to call for a Windows to Linux migration on the government IT systems. http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/32255 Please share if you find the cause worthy. https://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/32255"; The petition reads: Migrate all government IT to Linux based systems Responsible department: Her Majesty's Treasury In these austere times it seems that UK government is looking to save money everywhere except in it's own "people nuetral" infrastructure. Up to now all savings have come at a cost to the population. However, the vast majority of UK government IT systems are still running on Windows based systems, which come with hefty licensing costs. Linux operating systems have fully matured and are used by some of the largest institutions and governments in the world. Coming with no licesnsing costs, following initial migration costs and training costs the savings would be substantial. We therefore petition the government to undertake a full review with a view to migrating systems to open source systems as soon as possible, [ BTW : I wish it was possible to get grammatical errors corrected in these, or that people passed them round as an RFC first - I suspect it is a bit late now :-( ] -- best regards, Victor Churchill, Bournemouth -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-04-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:[email protected] How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
