And big $ responds with their obligatory nay-saying... http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2136285,00.html
- Cliff Frazier > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike > McKay > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 3:30 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [RLUG] [OxLUG] Private Eye article on Linux in local government > > > Thought you guys might appreciate this happy bit of news from > "Old Europe". > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Mobbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:23 AM > Subject: [OxLUG] Private Eye article on Linux in local government > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi all, > > > > Some good news from this week's Private Eye (no.1082, 13th-26th > June 2003, > > page 11): > > > > > > "Educashun News" > > > > Microsoft's annual renewable licenses continue to drain cash > from the UK's > > education system, where the company enjoys a virtual monopoly > (eye 1062). > > > > In Germany, however, the Munich city authorities offer an interesting > example. > > By this time next year there won't be a sniff of Microsoft on any of the > > 14,000 computers used in the city administration, which is to > be switched > to > > open source Linux system with no annual fees to pay. > > > > The very idea put Microsoft in such a flap that CEO Steve Ballmer paid a > > personal visit to Munich's mayor Christian Ude in March. But the city > stood > > form. A number of other German cities and public agencies are > believed to > be > > watching Munich carefully and considering a switch themselves. > > > > Meanwhile in Birmingham the education authority has cautiously put a toe > in > > the water of open source software, using Star Office on the computers in > it > > new Laptops for Teachers scheme. Star Office, a word processor > spreadsheet > > and presentations package, is not strictly 100 percent "open > source" (the > > definition is complex but ensures that the source code for any > open source > > software can be redistributed with no fees payable, and can be > incorporated > > into other software and must be easily available - usually by > downloading > > from the Internet). > > > > It is given to all educational establishments for free by Sun > Microsystems > and > > has no annual licensing fee. The cash saved already - and the > scheme only > > just started - had paid for more than 100 extra laptops on the scheme. > > > > > > - -- > > ========== > > > > "We are not for names, nor men, nor titles of Government, nor are we for > > this party nor against the other but we are for justice and mercy and > > truth and peace and true freedom, that these may be exalted in > our nation, > > and that goodness, righteousness, meekness, temperance, peace and unity > > with God, and with one another, that these things may abound." > > (Edward Burroughs, 1659 - from 'Quaker Faith and Practice') > > > > > > Paul Mobbs, Mobbs' Environmental Investigations, > > 3 Grosvenor Road, Banbury OX16 5HN, England > > tel./fax (+44/0)1295 261864 > > > > email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > website - http://www.fraw.org.uk/mobbsey.html > > public key - http://www.fraw.org.uk/keylist.html > > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQE+8PRntEaNwM05jx0RAtBqAKCyb/LwP0oZmKx9F0etufaS32tLRwCgk9D2 > > Mmzuzo2vbqz6xgudChudolc= > > =Y5lP > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > RLUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
