Re: UK Government says, "Dump Microsoft"

2010-07-25 Thread der.hans
Am 23. Jul, 2010 schwätzte keith smith so: It is great the Government is using some open source / free software.  And they also released some into the public domain is great.  I would also offer a word of caution - make sure any software the government released is free from any type of report

Re: UK Government says, "Dump Microsoft"

2010-07-23 Thread keith smith
: der.hans Subject: Re: UK Government says, "Dump Microsoft" To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 11:15 PM Am 09. Jul, 2010 schwätzte j...@actionline.com so: moin moin Joe, > Now, if only we could get a little of this common sense in Washington D.C

Re: UK Government says, "Dump Microsoft"

2010-07-22 Thread der.hans
Am 09. Jul, 2010 schwätzte j...@actionline.com so: moin moin Joe, Now, if only we could get a little of this common sense in Washington D.C. We have a little. We need lots :). Obama's White House team has been using Free Software. More importantly, it's been releasing Free Software. http://

Re: UK Government says, "Dump Microsoft"

2010-07-10 Thread Tim Bogart
oon they pirate ours." They will do what ever it takes to see to it that doesn't happen. Sorry folks. Tim From: ChasM Marshall To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Sent: Sat, July 10, 2010 6:06:20 PM Subject: RE: UK Government says, "Dump

RE: UK Government says, "Dump Microsoft"

2010-07-10 Thread ChasM Marshall
l public... So now, do they fire the two guys who suggested Linux and open source software? Good luck to Prime Minister David Cameron. Kudos to Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne. His position is confirmed pro-OpenSource. Yay! \o/ (-: Chas.M. :-) > Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 1

UK Government says, "Dump Microsoft"

2010-07-09 Thread joe
Today, the government of the United Kingdom now says: "Dump Microsoft, Use Linux ..." It's only a matter of time for more and more people wake up to common sense. http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-07-09/dump-microsoft-use-linux-to-save-money-u-k-officials-suggest.html A few key excerpts: