On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 11:03:54AM -0800, Dennis Soper wrote:
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>On 17 Feb 2001, at 10:28, jfk321 wrote:
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>> Are we a 501(C)(3) organiozation? If not perhaps a government demo
>> day woould be an interesting idea. When we can show linux to state and
>> federal legislators.
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>Hell, all we have to do is point them at the state of Oregon's web
>site-- runs on Apache. If you want to talk to legislators about this,
>one of the biggest things to push at them is to tell them how much
>open-source software is already used in government. Then tell
>them how much it would cost to replace it with Mickey$uck (a less
>innovate and inferior solution).
pointing out how much taxpayers' money went into the development of *BSD,
much of the MIT stuff, and other products of publically funded research,
and what a shame it would be to waste it by spending still more on Microshite,
might also be an interesting tack...
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Families, when a child is born/Want it to be intelligent.| Su Tungpo, Song
I, through intelligence,/Having wrecked my whole life, | poet, trans.
Only hope the baby will prove/Ignorant and stupid. | Arthur Waley
Then he will crown a tranquil life/By becoming a Cabinet Minister.|
