[Gllug] UK Government software

[Jim Bailey]

On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 08:36:19PM +0100, Rich Walker wrote:
> Jim Bailey <jim at freesolutions.net> writes:
> 
> > On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 05:29:43PM +0100, Rich Walker wrote:
> > > Jim Bailey <jim at freesolutions.net> writes:
> > > 
> > > > On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 08:37:32PM +0100, Chris Bell wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > >    Would anyone else like to reply, or add some comments to my next post?
> > >
> > If I turned up at her surgery I figure I would of done more harm than
> > good since she would of twigged pretty quickly that I was a black flag
> > waving non voter and therefore of little value to her.  
> 
> Well, since that matches both my job description and appearance, I call
> Kropotkin and raise you Angel Alley... Realistically, a politician can't
> afford to offend a voter - even one that might not vote. Turning up at
> the surgery pretty much guarantees they have to listen to you - or have
> you ejected by force, which looks Really Bad when it turns up in the
> mejah.
>
I will see your Kropotkin with a Reclus and raise you The Anarchist Book
Fair. ;P  Greeting and Peace. :)

> > I have no objection to working with these people though for the
> > 'common good' even if I am not quiet sure what that is.  Voting for
> > these people however gives me a gut instinct of 'wrongness' that no
> > rational debate has yet been able to overcome.
>
Speaking of working with these people has anyone seen this article in
todays Register.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26124.html

Also this is the original article in EDP24 The site where Norfolk news
really matters.

http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/News/NewsStory.asp?Brand=EDPONLINE&Category=NEWS&ItemId=NOED10+Jul+2002+00%3A28%3A57%3A447

If this man could be turned onto Free Software he could be a useful
ally.  Maybe some one from one of the Big Commercial distros such as
SuSE or Red Hat could write him a nice letter explaining alternatives
maybe he would be interested.

> Like the man said: falling turnout at elections is not a sign that
> people find it harder to go and vote: but it is a sign that people find
> it harder to find someone to vote for...
> 
Unfortunately it is not what the man on News at 10 says though.

Peace Jim


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