[Klug-general] Linux and Open Standards in Public Government Organisations

Karl Buckland karl at digital-end.com
Thu Sep 3 10:44:42 UTC 2009


You pay taxes? :-P

2009/9/3 Andrew Spode Miller <spode at thinkbikes.com>:
> IT's good to see our taxes being put to good use.
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> Oh, wait...
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> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 11:33 AM, nicolas diogo <nicolasdiogo at yahoo.co.uk>
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>> Hi folks,
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>> i have joined a local government institution recently and i am impressed
>> (if that is the right word) with the lack of open-source standards used.
>> what i means is that everyone uses MS word 2007, and there is no interest
>> in using alternatives such as openoffice.
>> likeways, there are many database servers running MSSQL but none with
>> postgresql or mysql.
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>> so i wonder if there are other folks reading this list that some
>> experience with public government organisations.
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>> thanks,
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>> Nicolas
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