[Gllug] BBC + Web 2.0 + Microsoft = uh oh ...

[Alain Williams]

On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 10:04:49AM +0100, Chris Bell wrote:
> On Fri 29 Sep, John G Walker wrote:
> > 
> > Maybe GLLUG should be making official representations about this? The
> > growing relationship between Microsoft and the BBC has been commented
> > before within the open source community, so perhaps it's time, if not
> > for action, then at least for letting the powers that be know of our
> > views,

>    I do not know who makes these decisions, but many of the IT staff feel
> the same way.

I suspect that some of the BBC staff are on this list, they would know who
to talk to and also know what is *really* happening and what the *real*
decision points are ... as opposed to what is aired.

Would there be some interest in getting out of our armchairs and trying to
do something about it ? We could meet up one evening next week ?


In some ways this ties up with something that I have wanted to do for some
time and get UKUUG to be more active in things like this -- not all of the
rest of council is behind me. I got agreement y/day to have a meeting where
we will look at producing briefing papers, etc, for MPs that we can take
to our local MP's surgery.

Anyone interested in getting involved ?

-- 
Alain Williams
Parliament Hill Computers Ltd.
Linux Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer.
+44 (0) 787 668 0256  http://www.phcomp.co.uk/

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