[GLLUG] Comments please

[Colin Murphy]

The forums on OpenHealthHub.org might give further food for thought.

Hidden somewhere in their is the tail of NHSUbuntu and why they gave up - I
can't find it, but here's a link to a story -


https://www.theregister.com/2018/01/18/nhs_buntu_trademark_cease_and_desist/

On Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 11:49 AM Alain D D Williams via GLLUG <
gllug at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 11:32:38AM +0100, Greater London Linux UUG wrote:
>
> > Yes, you would still have your normal Windows desktop
>
> That is something important to understand: Open Source does not just mean
> free
> software on a free operating system, although that is long term desirable.
>
> There will be some applications that are only available on, say, MS
> Windows. If
> a user has just one of those they will have to stick with MS Windows†
>
> Replace a component at a time and at some point all the applications will
> be
> free software and a switch to a free OS might be possible.
>
> Some users might never switch OS.
>
> † OK you might get it going under Wine ...
>
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