It is fantastic that this is a possibility but I doubt schools and the like
will be sensitized to the nature of the community, will they be informed
that they can report problems in a way they won't have experienced before?
And if not how can this message be got to them?
Obviously all hypothetical
Really, it's a no-lose proposition.If they embrace OS, they gain potentially
loads of geek goodwill, and if they don't, they won't lose any ... unless to
the other side if they embrace OS.
So any sensible politician ... Oh, right.
And also, I imagine M$ lobby *very* hard against that kind of thing.
Andrew Oakley wrote:
> mac wrote:
>> http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/01/27/tory_linux_push/
>
> I've got quite a few contacts in the Conservative party, so I'll see
> what I can dig out.
It'd be particularly interesting to know whether GNU/Linux in general
and Ubuntu in particular appear i
On 28/01/2009 14:57, Chris Rowson wrote:
>
> Any political party that is interested in the free software world, in
> particular Linux, is a candidate for using Ubuntu.
>
>
> Despite the attention grabbing strap-line of 'Tories put toes on Linux
> bandwagon' that el' Reg seem to have used;
> Any political party that is interested in the free software world, in
> particular Linux, is a candidate for using Ubuntu.
>
Despite the attention grabbing strap-line of 'Tories put toes on Linux
bandwagon' that el' Reg seem to have used; I'm not sure that the 'Tories are
necessarily advocating
Any political party that is interested in the free software world, in
particular Linux, is a candidate for using Ubuntu.
This list is about using Ubuntu, not political parties. So it is great
to hear that a mainstream party would be willing to embrace Linux, and
maybe Ubuntu. But there should n
>
> Oh of course, absolutely agreed - I don't think that my being facetious
> carried particularly well over email.
>
>
Well, if it's any consolation, your 'Novell' quip caused me to have a
"coffee, meet sinuses" moment :)
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| Stephen O'Neill wrote:
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> Novell?
Hello, Stephen.
Let's not forget that Ubuntu *
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Novell?
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Quoting Roger Lancefield :
>>
>> > Oh, dear. Does this mean we're going to have to vote Tory???
>> >
>> > Mac
>> >
>> Can't be much worse than voting for NuLabour.
>>
>>
> Given their antediluvian view of Internet freedom, their conniving with Big
> Content to turn our digital devices into propri
>
> > Oh, dear. Does this mean we're going to have to vote Tory???
> >
> > Mac
> >
> Can't be much worse than voting for NuLabour.
>
>
Given their antediluvian view of Internet freedom, their conniving with Big
Content to turn our digital devices into proprietary media players, their
assumption th
On 28/01/2009 08:00, mac wrote:
> You may have spotted this Reg headline:
>
>* Tories put toes on Linux bandwagon
> Free software's cheaper, right?
>
> http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/01/27/tory_linux_push/
>
> Oh, dear. Does this mean we're go
mac wrote:
> http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/01/27/tory_linux_push/
I've got quite a few contacts in the Conservative party, so I'll see
what I can dig out.
The proposals for more open standards and a more modular approach to
government IT projects seems sound to me.
I fail to see what thi
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| Oh, dear. Does this mean we're going to have to vote Tory???
The Tories are so 1980s.
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You may have spotted this Reg headline:
* Tories put toes on Linux bandwagon
Free software's cheaper, right?
http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/01/27/tory_linux_push/
Oh, dear. Does this mean we're going to have to vote Tory???
Mac
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