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paul sutton wrote: > This is why as users of OSS / Free software it's important to get the > word out there is a viable alternative, in any way we can, I know > meetings are in the process of being organised which is good. With a > bit of luck before our poor hard pressed businesses in devon / cornwall > go out and waste thousands on licences / hardware for Windows they will > learn there is a choice. And take a good hard look at this choice, if > they find it hard to get staffwe have to be there to offer help in the > short term, while we convince local colleges to get in the real world. > > There is always swap here, as I said BCIT are producing Linux trained > staff, so get a few of them over on SWAP, that would work really > well, esp as I have a few contacts at BCIT via the vancouver Lug. > > Hopefully I can do something with the Vancouver community network, > regarding advocacy, then upon my return to the UK get a lot more pro > active, there are posters up already about Vista, so perhaps we need > some to promote OSS. > > Paul > > I'm going to see if I can put together some sort of poster for the sites at work and maybe even burn off a few CDs to give away. As I start getting asked for PC help I start to mention Linux which is going slowly but fairly well. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html