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Chris Rowson wrote: > Hey Nik, > > I don't dispute savings in the SME arena mate. But I'm more interested > in the processes by which large, corporate and public sector > organisations can save money. > > I work in public sector IT, and I feel somewhat like I'm banging my > head against a brick wal

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets [long reply]

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/05/04/tory_opensource/ This is pretty interesting though... -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

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> Chris thank you for your comments Ive been moving SMEs from Window > Servers to OSS servers for near on 8 years now if your interested in > some real world , real results and real savings discussions then give me > a call. > > > Nik Hey Nik, I don't dispute savings in the SME arena mate. But I'

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> I added it here: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/LinuxAndOSSResearchAndAdvocacy where > I've been trying to document any evidence of the value of OSS to > businesses. > > Chris thank you for your comments Ive been moving SMEs from Window Servers to OSS servers for near on 8 years now if your

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> You should lookinto things like SODA > Hi Nik, I've been looking for some info on SODA, and although it's referenced in quite a few places, I can't find the 'home' of the project. I did however find this document which outlines an open source deployment to an enterprise organisation: http://w

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Chris Rowson wrote: > A major problem with deploying an Ubuntu desktop infrastructure is its > lack of integration into a Windows Active Directory (AD) environment. > > Very true of large scale enterprise delivery but not a problem for many of my clients whom are in the SME market and not tied t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets [long reply]

A major problem with deploying an Ubuntu desktop infrastructure is its lack of integration into a Windows Active Directory (AD) environment. Unfortunately AD sits at the heart of user authentication, security, app deployment and file permissions in most large organisations. Until Ubuntu supports t

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< big snip > > I and many others agree with you. Have you heard of Edubuntu? > - it's an OS, based on Ubuntu, that is > specifically catered to schools and classrooms. Yes I have heard of Edubuntu and understand its purpose. > > The Ubuntu UK team have some information

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On 5/6/07, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to raise another point relevant to all UK citizens. We all, > in one way or another, pay taxes a fair proportion of which gets spent > on education. Thus, if schools could be persuaded to change to Ubuntu, > by how much would our taxes be

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< snip > > > You may accuse me of being Political but then, isn't this freedom thing > > that Linux users preach about, a Political philosophy? > > Doesn't the French National Assembly run on Linux (possibly Ubuntu)? I think I read recently that there is a scheme in France to give new university

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On 5/6/07, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to raise another point relevant to all UK citizens. We all, > in one way or another, pay taxes a fair proportion of which gets spent > on education. Thus, if schools could be persuaded to change to Ubuntu, > by how much would our taxes be

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I would like to raise another point relevant to all UK citizens. We all, in one way or another, pay taxes a fair proportion of which gets spent on education. Thus, if schools could be persuaded to change to Ubuntu, by how much would our taxes be reduced or cash released for other beneficial things

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norman wrote: > ...My grandson, a windows user, > bought a Freecom Digital TV DVB-T USB Stick Freeview receiver, plugged > it in and off he went, no problem [SNIP] Norman >>> I think you're pointing to something very important here. I started to make the mental shift towards Open Source/Linux w