On Sat, 10 Jul 2021 at 11:17, Ottavio Caruso <[email protected]> wrote: > > Off topic, but I hope you can help. > > My local library, part of an extensive network of libraries run by > local metropolitan Council, will most likely fully reopen on 19 July. > I have been unofficially told that the Council will have problems > giving computer access to users because, guess what?, software > licences (read: Microsoft) have expired and most programs will simply > not run. > > It's not the first time that the Council has been proposed the > adoption of Open Source (I remember the now defunct local LUG did that > about 15 years ago) but they obviously rejected it. > > Times have changed and even "corporate", whatever it means, is no > longer of afraid of Linux. > > I was just thinking that if an entity with the name and the prestige > of the LPI jumped in and lobbied for the replacement of existing > ageing, insecure software with Linux-based solutions, it would also be > a massive PR return for the LPI. > > I can provide more details if needed.
I have forgotten to add that, should anybody from the LPI want to contact me off-list, they are more than welcome to do so. -- Ottavio Caruso _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [email protected] https://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
