What I'm picking up from this threed is that no one is clear what the rules are exactly. :)
Anyone for a cup of GNU/GPL tea? Cheers Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 12:44 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: "Everyone" uses it Was:Church opensource. > > > yes, but they are a two edged sword. > > for example my son's headmaster was telling me that they > recently bought > a bunch of computers. The school licence, he thought, entitled them to > Win XP. however that is only an upgrade licence, which was > useless when > buying a new box. (Unless they bought a bunch of 95/98 > licenses and then > did the free upgrade to XP.) > > On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:37:28 +1300 > Carl Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Vaguely on topic: is the government to blame for the > monistic attitude to Microsoft Operating Systems and software > - I heard the government buys licences from MS for every > school in the country. Can someone confirm that? > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jim Cheetham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, 25 February 2004 12:32 p.m. > > > To: canterbury linux users group > > > Subject: RE: "Everyone" uses it Was:Church opensource. > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 11:55, Don Gould wrote: > > > > It's easy to get finance for hardware.... software on the > > > other hand. > > > > Everyone's using Microsoft Power Point for a reason in > New Zealand. > > > > > > Are they? > > > > > > <rant temperature="moderate"> > > > > > > It would be more accurate to say that "everyone" is using it for a > > > lack-of reason ... they don't know there is an > alternative, they think > > > that "everyone" is using "whatever it is", and obviously > > > "everyone" must > > > be right. > > > > > > "We" know there is an alternative - in fact there are many > > > alternatives. > > > "We" also believe that most of these alternatives are > > > superior in almost > > > every respect - OOo is "free", KeyNote is prettier (that's > > > expensive Mac > > > software, BTW). > > > > > > However, as long as people don't supply alternatives, > "everyone" will > > > continue to render unto Gates that which should not be his. > > > > > > (The supply chain will not supply free software > alternatives. They are > > > only interested in supplying things that they can see a > profit margin > > > on, and there are few exceptions because most people in > the IT supply > > > chain are basically unskilled at customer relationships other than > > > short-term profiteering) > > > (Yes, there are some exceptions. Support them in > preference to their > > > competition.) > > > > > > </rant> > > > > > > -jim > > > > > > > > -- > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >
