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I would venture to suggest that procurement of open source is poor, due to the 'what we're used to' factor.....which includes updates, spam fixes, and other 'maintenance requirements'<br>I don't see many open source software suppliers catering to the continuation of their 'worries' [read needs]<br>Aitch<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 11:04:50 +0100<br>From: david.halliday@gmail.com<br>To: kent@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>Subject: [Klug-general] Kent LUG September Event<br><br>Good morning all, After the busy summer those who have children and those of us who drive to work across a town will be aware that the holiday is over and the children are back at school (I was almost enjoying my commute for a while there). <div>
<br></div><div>Are we looking at a September meeting? I'm busy on the 17th (third Saturday) but Free the 24th (last Sat). Since I have been hacking a few things with bash scripts I'm happy to do a tech talk on bash scripting if people are interested.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I have also been busy the past couple of weeks with the prototype group at the innovation centre: <a href="http://icmp.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://icmp.org.uk/</a></div><div>Got myself an Arduino which I need to learn to work with, so I might also be able to show that off shortly.</div>
<div><br></div><div>And for stuff in the media, government and OSS, the comments are more thought out (or at least thought provoking) than the article (as is getting increasingly the case): <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14765545" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14765545</a></div>
<div>Sadly the article is pointing out a litle of the "same old, same old".</div>
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