Jacqui Caren wrote:
> Mike Dwerryhouse wrote:
>> Many people still believe that free (as in beer) stuff can't be any good.
>> Arguments like "who are you going to sue?" etc. Like you are going
>> to sue Microsoft for a bug in Word, or Outlook.
>
> The "sue" bit is very very important to many corpo
Don't forget that the group put on a briefing for John Denham who was
them a minister a couple of years ago. I don't know if there is any
appetite for a repeat for Southampton or anybody else. I think that this
sort of thing can be useful although you will never get instant results.
Roger
Chri
Jeremy Moulton is a Southampton City councillor and a recent parliamentary
candidate. I tackled him on the subject during the General Election campaign
and have continued to prompt him to pursue this.
I have just received the following
Thanks Chris
I have asked for a briefing note from our I
John Cooper wrote:
> On 28/05/10 12:45, Damian Brasher wrote:
>>> Hopefully the scrapping of the quango BECTA will help schools make their
>>> own minds up.
>> What are quangos anyway? Do they have pink legs, green feathers and live in
>> muddy, dried up lakes :-?
>>
>> -- Damian
>>
>
> "non-depa
Sean Gibbins wrote:
> Also of interest to corporates is support.
>
> If you have a financial application that has the potential to cost you a
> small fortune in fines on account of late payment, or even your license
> to trade as a result of multiple outages, you need to know that there is
> an
On 28/05/10 12:45, Damian Brasher wrote:
>> Hopefully the scrapping of the quango BECTA will help schools make their
>> own minds up.
>
> What are quangos anyway? Do they have pink legs, green feathers and live in
> muddy, dried up lakes :-?
>
> -- Damian
>
"non-departmental public body"
I th
On 29/05/10 09:32, Jacqui Caren-home wrote:
> Mike Dwerryhouse wrote:
>
>> Many people still believe that free (as in beer) stuff can't be any good.
>> Arguments like "who are you going to sue?" etc. Like you are going
>> to sue Microsoft for a bug in Word, or Outlook.
>>
> The "sue" bit
Mike Dwerryhouse wrote:
> Many people still believe that free (as in beer) stuff can't be any good.
> Arguments like "who are you going to sue?" etc. Like you are going
> to sue Microsoft for a bug in Word, or Outlook.
The "sue" bit is very very important to many corporates. My employer funded
a r
On Thursday 27 May 2010 16:08:31 Owain Clarke wrote:
> I wonder if, with the new government desperate to save money anywhere,
> there may be a bit of an open door for pushing the idea of Linux adoption?
While we are at it, does OSS not come under freedom and personal liberty??
Lisi
--
Please po
Damian Brasher wrote:
> I'm sure (know) over half the resistance is due laziness (unwillingness to
> change), badly designed IT strategies which end up costing more than planned
> and arcane organisational power structures. Sure it's fine for someone like
> me with Linux experience to say that, but
John Cooper wrote:
> On 27/05/10 16:08, Owain Clarke wrote:
>> I wonder if, with the new government desperate to save money anywhere,
>> there may be a bit of an open door for pushing the idea of Linux adoption?
I sense there is a drift towards OSS, the drift needs steering though so it
doesn't b
On 27/05/10 16:08, Owain Clarke wrote:
> I wonder if, with the new government desperate to save money anywhere,
> there may be a bit of an open door for pushing the idea of Linux adoption?
>
>
That would be the logical approach but unfortunately M$ will do what is
takes like discounts to ensure
I wonder if, with the new government desperate to save money anywhere,
there may be a bit of an open door for pushing the idea of Linux adoption?
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