[SWLUG] Linux and Charities

Dick Porter dick at acm.org
Sun Jul 7 21:28:54 UTC 2002


On Fri, 2002-07-05 at 13:49, David Evans wrote:
> I have just een speaking to the manageress of a local charity, and asked
> whether or not the relatively high cost of upgrades of proprietary operating
> systems is an issue for many charities.
> 
> The response that it certainly was.
> 
> I further asked whether there was any awareness in charity management
> circles of the option of using Linux as an alternative, and found that there
> was little or no awareness of it.

Maybe we can set up a lug presentation for her, and any of her local
counterparts that want to come along.  This might be an ideal time to
take Prof. Tucker up on his room offer, too.

- Dick






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