I agree. A government organisation which keeps secrets from its citizens is not doing its job. Transparency is a cornerstone of democracy, and also a pretty efficient way to reduce or even nigh eliminate corruption.
On 11 May 2012 18:29, Jake Markhus <[email protected]> wrote: > Police data is not and should not be secret if they are doing the right > thing! If they opened up they > could benefit from opensource tools like openmaps. They could learn from > geeks how to secure > themselves. If they went Linux instead of windows they wouldn’t get hacked > and compromised > so often.**** > > When you need to get public work done go windows but if you really want > control, security, > accountability, robust and scalable computing, YOU GO LINUX! Did I mention > cheap? **** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *erias swraggy > *Sent:* 11 May 2012 17:49 > > *To:* Uganda Linux User Group > *Subject:* Re: [LUG] OT: UG SUSE Mobile Command Center**** > > ** ** > > Well, not bad an idea expect that u gonna have to sign a bunch of lousy > contracts refraining u frm sharing certain info evn wth ur most trusted > geeks;then it wud require geeks to get into de program..u knw, lyk > boy-scouts nt wth guns bt wth other force-gadgets, which tke long. I wud > suggest however, dat they outsource de geeks as an orgz'd grp. it's a > win-win. > > **** > > On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Jake Markhus <[email protected]> wrote:* > *** > > What about they advertise for geeks to get gigs or internships so that > they can get up to speed faster.**** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *erias swraggy > *Sent:* 11 May 2012 15:35 > *To:* Uganda Linux User Group > *Subject:* Re: [LUG] OT: UG SUSE Mobile Command Center**** > > **** > > To be honest am surprised to evn knw they use computers at our police > stations. Well, congs to that. How about letting them on about linux and > the magic it could do for police work once utilized as their main OS?**** > > On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Benjamin Tayehanpour < > [email protected]> wrote:**** > > Score! :D At least they now have *something* to their credit!**** > > On 11 May 2012 00:54, Daniel Bwente <[email protected]> wrote:**** > > Looks like its SUSE Linux 1 Windows 0 at Uganda Police. > > *http://tinyurl.com/cbba3pu > > *Cheers* > * > -- > > /Daniel > > > **** > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way.**** > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way.**** > > **** > > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way.**** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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