well I've got a meeting with herts council on the 1st, wish me lick and I'll tell you how it goes Jacob Mansfield Programmer CyberKing Solutions www.cyberkingsolutions.co.uk
On 12 February 2011 20:06, Rob Beard <r...@esdelle.co.uk> wrote: > On 12/02/11 19:46, alan c wrote: > >> I contacted my local Councillors, about using FOSS, fo rgood financial >> reasons....... and my heart sank when (she) innmmediately referred me to >> th eIT manager, her non elected subordinate on grounfds od ignorance. >> However, I was happily amazed to be invited to a tour of the IT >> department and found that Bracknell use an overwhelming amount of Suse >> Enterprise server, and are carefully aware of the non linux apps they >> still depend upon, and plan for a future with thin clients. I think they >> have been noted in the press as doing well etc generally, but it does >> not hit local news, nor, apparently, the Councillors awareness. >> >> Armed with my new knowledge I am recently in touch with my Councillor to >> help make them aware that there is no real reason why they need to stay >> with a paid-for OS on their corporate laptop. It may take a bit more >> time of course. > > That's interesting to hear, it's a shame the same can't be said for Devon > County Council who are pretty much a Windows only shop. > > Rob > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
