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I agree, any take up of free / open source software is a good thing, even if it means using windows on the desktop, which is what people are used to, if they are saving money and can be just as productive with alternatives than its a good thing. Its a start, and it seems that something good has come out of this. Paul Sub7 wrote: > Hey this is good stuff! Quotes like these can be used elsewhere to > promote opensource. > Thanks. > > On 12/23/06, *David Johnson* < dj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:dj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > On Saturday 23 December 2006 17:31, David Brook wrote: > > Don't know if this has been discussed before, or the truth of > it, but a > > friend working in a Cornwall District Council IT dept has > informed me that > > one of the computer rags has reported that Birmingham City > Council have > > abandoned a move to LINUX as the perception was that "The > Overall Costs Of > > Migration were too high!!" > > > > Anyone else heard this - or know any more?? > > > > Yep, it's FUD. > > See: > http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?newsID=7459&pagtype=samechan > <http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?newsID=7459&pagtype=samechan> > > "With Birmingham's trial period over and with lessons learnt and > understanding > gained, the Council now expects to make cost savings over time, > and contrary > to press reports which claimed Birmingham had scrapped the Linux > initiative, > it will in fact "significantly increase" its use of open-source > software, > Evans said. The trial also had other positive results, he claimed, > such as > demonstrating the ease with which Firefox and OpenOffice.org can be > substituted for Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office." > > Regards, > David. > > -- > David Johnson > www.david-web.co.uk <http://www.david-web.co.uk> > > -- > 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 > > > > > -- > -------------------------------- > Sub7 -- http://www.zleap.net http://www.openoffice.org http://www.linux.org -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version 3.1 GIT d S: a C+++ UL++++ P+ L++ W++ N+ W--- O! V! PS+ Y! t+++ 5 X+++ R tv- b- DI! D++ G e H! r! z? -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK---- -- 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