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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 14 October 2014 10:05, Dan Attwood <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:danattwood@gmail.com" target="_blank">danattwood@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">The detail in the reply surprised me as well. I wonder if this is because in light of recent news they know they have to justify things in more detail and that this leads credence to 'maybe one day...'?</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 14 October 2014 10:01, Paul Littlefield <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@paully.co.uk" target="_blank">info@paully.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span>On 13/10/14 19:38, Jonathan Kaye wrote:<br>
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FYI here is the response I received from Kent County Council regarding the decision to continue using Microsoft products. Any comments?<br>
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I am amazed that you had such a detailed reply, which explains a LOT and does not suprise me about Microsoft.<br>
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Open Source is not for everyone, yet.<br>
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Maybe one day...<br>
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But well done for getting THAT reply!<br>
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