Re: [ubuntu-uk] Government spending cuts should affect us!

2011-01-20 Thread Dianne Reuby
Here's the response from my MP (Rob Buckland, Swindon South, Conservative): Thank you for your e-mail and for all your suggestions about saving the Government money, which are gratefully received. If you think of any more, or know of any more examples of waste that should be looked at,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Government spending cuts should affect us!

2011-01-11 Thread Andrés Muñiz Piniella
I should have added that linux is greener than windows and Mac as they are more future proof you can always go to a XFCE or LXDE if your pc is out of date. Would you agree with this? If so I think it's also a good selling point My MP already answered. * Dear Andres,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Government spending cuts should affect us!

2011-01-10 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Sun, 2011-01-09 at 17:44 +, Barry Drake wrote: I've just posted the below to my MP. How's about if we all do something like that? Done. Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Government spending cuts should affect us!

2011-01-10 Thread Jacob Mansfield
On 09/01/11 17:44, Barry Drake wrote: I've just posted the below to my MP. How's about if we all do something like that? Takes five minutes or less ... just did this myself -- Jacob Mansfield Programmer import disclaimer from email signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Government spending cuts should affect us!

2011-01-09 Thread Barry Titterton
On Sun, 2011-01-09 at 17:44 +, Barry Drake wrote: I've just posted the below to my MP. How's about if we all do something like that? Takes five minutes or less ... Hi Vernon There are millions of pounds to be save on IT by all our government departments. Take a quick look at

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Government spending cuts should affect us!

2011-01-09 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 09/01/11 17:44, Barry Drake wrote: I've just posted the below to my MP. How's about if we all do something like that? Takes five minutes or less ... The current Gov have been making the right noises for Open Source for ages now: The days of the mega IT contracts are over, we will need