[Bassetlug mailing] Ubuntu article for Retford Life

[Greg]

Hi Everyone,
I have established a useful link with Retford Life through which I have 
published a couple of articles promoting Clarborough & Welham IT Group's 
activities (I chair the Group). If you get hold of back copies you will 
find my pieces about Getting Voluntary Groups online (February 2011 page 
42) and Clarborough & Welham website (January 2011 page 62) but it was 
an article called Hello, operator?' in there February issue that really 
caught my eye. It was illustrated with a Windows logo alongside one of Tux!

The author of that article, Graham Lek, was bemoaning Windows 7 but 
having briefly passed over Apply and Linux systems, be concluded that 
'it looks like we're stuck with whatever version of Windows Microsoft 
chooses to foist on us'. That really does have to be challenged, so this 
morning I've knocked together the attached article. Please criticise 
(positvely please!) and suggested amendments so that I can get our 
perspective into print. Retford Life's deadline is 11th Feb so we 
haven't got much time!

I've attached versions in both MS Word and OpenOffice formats.

All the best to everyone.

Greg Herdman