[Gllug] It is not Microsoft

[Chris Bell]

On Thu 08 Jan, Alain Williams wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 10:45:57AM +0000, Chris Bell wrote:
> 
> >    The council has provided courses for many years through the "Adult
> > Learning" and Ealing Library services.
> >    The Hanwell Community Centre (a listed old school building, once attended
> > by Charlie Chaplin) is about to undergo a 2,000,000 renovation, and Ealing
> > Council has also set aside 350,000 to convert five? of the largest and best
> > classrooms to a Microsoft Only "Learning Suite", to be used by Council staff
> > during the working day but be available to others at other times.
> 
> How much time/effort do you want to spend on this ?
> 
> You could get them to justify their position. They might well cite 'demand',
> in which case can you demonstrate a demand for FLOSS knowledge ?
> 
> -- 
> Alain Williams

   I have had many "IT Professionals" express an interest, two real
responses to the reply form on my website, plus two junk replies per day via
a botnet of compromised computers controlled by a well known Russian. One of
the librarians in Acton Library took a three week break to attend a Linux
course in India because of the lack of local facilities.

-- 
Chris Bell NEW alternative address: chrisbell at chrisbell.org.uk
Microsoft sells you Windows ... Linux gives you the whole house.
www.overview.demon.co.uk

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