On 19/11/11 00:50, Gareth France wrote:
Naturally everything is in it's infancy right now. I'll be providing a mix
of new and reasonable spec second hand machines. Expect the range to be
rather limited at first but I'll be looking to grow it quite quickly.
The website isn't up just yet but
I have no interest in borrowing money whatsoever. I'm hoping to develop in
the direction of group meets, training days etc. I'm intrigued by the idea
of install fests, plenty of opportunities out there.
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 9:21 AM, john beddard j...@creationspace.co.ukwrote:
On 19/11/11
On 19/11/11 09:28, Gareth France wrote:
I have no interest in borrowing money whatsoever. I'm hoping to develop in
the direction of group meets, training days etc. I'm intrigued by the idea
of install fests, plenty of opportunities out there.
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 9:21 AM, john beddard
That's worth bearing in mind. I'll add it to my list of things to
investigate next week.
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 9:48 AM, john beddard j...@creationspace.co.ukwrote:
On 19/11/11 09:28, Gareth France wrote:
I have no interest in borrowing money whatsoever. I'm hoping to develop
in
the
On Fri, 2011-11-18 at 23:32 +, Gareth France wrote:
Recently I decided to do my part by starting up a small business
selling machines with Ubuntu pre-installed and offering support. My
bank have refused to offer me a business account at all 'because it's
too risky to open an account for a
Barclays are the ones who refused me. HSBC are the ones who seem to be
allergic to software. I wonder if their own PC's had pre-installed OSs and
if so where do the people they bought from bank?
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Barry Titterton
barry.titter...@mail.adsl4less.com wrote:
On Fri,
On 19/11/11 09:28, Gareth France wrote:
I have no interest in borrowing money whatsoever. I'm hoping to
develop in the direction of group meets, training days etc. I'm
intrigued by the idea of install fests, plenty of opportunities out there.
sounds great, and the LoCo team is here to support
On 19/11/11 10:20, Gareth France wrote:
I think carousel fraud involves claiming a VAT refund from the British
government for items that you claim to have purchased abroad. By the
time the paperwork has caught up you are long gone with the money. Small
high value items are the favourite subject
It's way too early for that at the moment. I'd like to get on my feet
first. By the way, I had forgotten how much I HATED working with zen cart.
There's far too many options and far too many things I don't seem to have
options for. However the website is now up and running, in all it's default
On 19/11/11 10:20, Gareth France wrote:
Barclays are the ones who refused me. HSBC are the ones who seem to be
allergic to software. I wonder if their own PC's had pre-installed OSs
and if so where do the people they bought from bank?
Funny that, I didn't have any problem opening a business
I have an appointment with Lloyds next week. Bare in mind I'm not trying to
sell the bank software, but they are getting cold feet about the idea of me
selling a PC with software on.
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote:
On 19/11/11 10:20, Gareth France
On 19/11/11 11:06, Gareth France wrote:
I have an appointment with Lloyds next week. Bare in mind I'm not
trying to sell the bank software, but they are getting cold feet about
the idea of me selling a PC with software on.
I understand that. I was only saying that in my experience banks have
I fail to see a market for selling machines with no OS! That's far too
niche for my liking. The fact is you have to install something. And I've
been through all this with him and sent him scurrying back to his boss with
a corrected view of my proposal. Lol
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Bruno
I thought some of you might be interested in this recent guidance released
by the Cabinet Office on Open Source Software:
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/open-source-procurement-toolkit
It's publicly accessible so you don't need a .gov.uk address to get access,
and it might be
On 19/11/11 14:45, Chris Rowson wrote:
I thought some of you might be interested in this recent guidance released
by the Cabinet Office on Open Source Software:
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/open-source-procurement-toolkit
It's publicly accessible so you don't need a
Chris Rowson wrote:
The 'All About Open Source' document is particularly interesting
because it explains why UK.gov can't mandate Open Source software.
It's not entirely straight forward; I'm not entirely sure, but I
think it means to say that UK.gov considers 'Open Source' a product
The 'All About Open Source' document is particularly interesting
because it explains why UK.gov can't mandate Open Source software.
It's not entirely straight forward; I'm not entirely sure, but I
think it means to say that UK.gov considers 'Open Source' a product
(perhaps like
On 19/11/11 20:24, Barry Drake wrote:
On 19/11/11 14:45, Chris Rowson wrote:
I thought some of you might be interested in this recent guidance
released by the Cabinet Office on Open Source Software:
I'm quite excited by this. I had already contacted my MP, MEP, local
councillor and County
Chris Rowson wrote:
The bit that jumped out at me personally was the legal definition of
open source as a product rather than a feature. I wondered if this
might make it difficult to specify open source as a requirement in a
tender (because it seems that as far as the legal definition in the
On 19/11/11 20:33, Chris Rowson wrote:
The 'All About Open Source' document is particularly interesting
because it explains why UK.gov can't mandate Open Source software.
It's not entirely straight forward; I'm not entirely sure, but I
think it means to say that UK.gov considers 'Open
I can also understand a general unwillingness to disconnect software
from the license under which it is made available; I don't see what's
gained from splitting them. Why would you wish to be able to ban
non-Open source products from tendering?
You wouldn't want to ban non-open source
On 19/11/11 21:03, Avi Greenbury wrote:
Chris Rowson wrote:
The bit that jumped out at me personally was the legal definition of
open source as a product rather than a feature. I wondered if this
might make it difficult to specify open source as a requirement in a
tender (because it seems
On 19/11/11 20:40, Juan J. MartÃnez wrote:
I don't know the details about UK gov, but in Spain the government pays
an absurd amount of money just for the licenses, and then pays for
support... frequently from a third party (probably the vendor providing
the hardware, with a partnership with
On Sat, 2011-11-19 at 21:37 +, alan c wrote:
On 19/11/11 20:40, Juan J. MartÃnez wrote:
I don't know the details about UK gov, but in Spain the government pays
an absurd amount of money just for the licenses, and then pays for
support... frequently from a third party (probably the
On 19/11/11 20:33, Chris Rowson wrote:
I did wonder if anyone on the list had responded to the Cabinet Office
consultation :-)
I am kind of involved in the process (funny how Ubuntu ended up on the
list isn't it? . . .)
It is hugely political, and a bit Yes Ministerish but yeah there
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Alan Bell alan.b...@libertus.co.uk wrote:
On 19/11/11 20:33, Chris Rowson wrote:
I did wonder if anyone on the list had responded to the Cabinet Office
consultation :-)
I am kind of involved in the process (funny how Ubuntu ended up on the
list isn't
Chris Rowson wrote:
I can also understand a general unwillingness to disconnect software
from the license under which it is made available; I don't see
what's gained from splitting them. Why would you wish to be able to
ban non-Open source products from tendering?
You wouldn't want to
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