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tom wrote: > Well its happened at last ..... > > Someone has put in FOI request to Torbay Council asking for details > about which tools we use to power our website and where we use Open Source. > > Since they all know my interests at work, my bosses have been putting me > under the spotlight. Knowing how "political" any discussion of the use > of Open Source gets in TC I have always declined the temptation to do > this myself, although I am glad someone has because it puts Free / Open > Software back on the agenda. > > I would love to know who it is, although I understand IF it is someone > on this list ( and it may well not be ), why you might be want to remain > anonymous. > > Tom. > Interesting, I wonder if it is someone on here. Hope it doesn't affect your job though just because you're not under Microsoft's thumb like it sounds like the rest of them possibly are. * By the way Tom, are you going to the LUG meet on Saturday? Rob * Going on my experience of working at TC back in 1998 in PC Support, they were all pretty much Microsoft types although a good bunch of guys. One of the guys there was a fan of Macs (a serious fan of Macs) and IIRC I was the only one in the PC Support team who took an interest in Linux (although at the time not as much as Windows). -- 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