[SWLUG] Companies using Linux in South Wales

[Matthew Macdonald-Wallace]

On Mon, 2011-04-25 at 20:58 +0100, Neil Greenwood wrote:
> On 24.04.11 17:57, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm just wondering how many companies people are aware of in the
> > Chepstow/Newport/Cardiff/Bridgend areas which use Linux to underpin
> > their business (as opposed to providing consultancy on Open Source
> > solutions etc).
> >
> > I'm wondering if Wales is effectively "stitched-up" with Microsoft
> > because so many organisations are in or rely on the public sector - I
> > seldom see any reference to Wales in the Open-Source press... :(
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Matt
> >
> I work in a software developer (ISV probably) in St. Mellons. We use
> Linux in our server room, and probably a third of the developers are
> using Linux (mainly Ubuntu) on their desktops.
> 
> Not quite sure if that's what you wanted to know...
> 
> Cofion/Regards,
> Neil (Gneel).

Thanks Neil, that's a good start - I'd started off by thinking a good
way to find this information would be through searching for Linux jobs
on jobsite etc. however they appear to be few an far between in Wales,
hence my curiosity... :)

Kind regards,

Matt