[Wylug-discuss] E-Petition

[Christopher Brown]

2008/8/31 Roger Greenwood <rg at nthong.co.uk>:
> I sent this to the list a couple of weeks ago (while it was down):-
>
> I was so fed up with the difficulty of buying a computer without the MS tax,
> that I started an e-petition here :-
>
> http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/softwarebundle/
>
> All support appreciated.
>
> In this case it's PC World who were awkward, but it applies to lots of
>  others. I eventually bought a dell with ubuntu pre-loaded.
>
> You may have also seen this report today regarding schools and open source
> procurement :-
>
> http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2223912/mixed-reactions-open-source-4170166
>
> MS seem to be losing their grip a little.

Don't bet on it. Unless anyone knows any different I think this is
just more FLOSS-as-leverage nonsense to lower the cost of licensing.


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Christopher Brown

http://www.chruz.com