[Gllug] It is not Microsoft

[Alain Williams]

On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 10:12:40AM +0000, Chris Bell wrote:
> Hello,
>    I have been trying to persuade my local Ealing Council to provide help
> for new users of Unix compatible Free Open Source Software, and the only
> real response has been that it is not Microsoft, so no. There is no help
> provided for any other system.

This implies that the council offers help for users of MS s/ware ... ?
In what context ? This doesn't sound like the sort of thing that councils should do ?

>    I am looking for any previous relevant cases where an organisation such
> as Trading Standards may have become involved.


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