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
: 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
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://
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
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
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:
