[Nottingham] Are the council implementing a linux desktop strategy.

laccata nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk
Wed Dec 18 11:30:00 2002


On Wednesday 18 December 2002 10:55, Andy Davidson wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 December 2002 21:55, Roger Hyam wrote:
> > I am based in Scotland and I am looking for some help in putting
> > together a proposal concerning the advantages of desktop linux in
> > business and the public sector. I am looking for evidence of people
> > doing it in the real world. I came across this:
>
> Didn't one of the major Scottish police forces migrate from MS Office t=
o
> OpenOffice.org ?  Or Star Office, I forget ?  Not quite the same, but y=
ou
> may get some useful material from them.

It was Central Scotland Police. =20

http://uk.sun.com/success/publicsector/2002/scotpolice.html


West Yorkshire Police are currently conducting a trial with Linux thin cl=
ients=20
and smart-card login.

http://www.vnunet.com/News/1135986

As for the Council, no idea. =20