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John Hansen wrote: > Henry Bremridge wrote: > >> Just had a look at the TV and saw the following >> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/england/devon/8181884.stm >> >> About 100 people have protested against Plymouth City Council's >> plans to sell off council-owned bus firm CityBus. >> >> Just after seeing that I came across the following website >> >> >> http://knol.google.com/k/ruben-rubio-rey/howto-migrate-to-linux/2zt8z36uq2soj/2 >> >> >> >> - Given that DCC has about 6,000 computers and Torbay has about 1,700 >> computers, I would guess that Plymouth has probably about 2,000 >> computers >> - Depending on the financial model chosen, IF Plymouth switched over to >> OpenSource then they could expect savings of between £100,000 and >> £1.2m a year >> >> Anyone in Plymouth want to ask some pointed questions? (Examples of >> bureaucracies that have switched to opensource include: Bristol City >> Govenrment, French Gendarmarie, German Foreign Ministry, French >> Parliament) >> >> >> >> > A letter to the editors of the various local papers such as Western > Morning News and Herald might prove useful in this matter. > > John > > hi all,this may be off topic but i went on the the downing street petition website to check if there were any petitions to do with this subject,and was suprised to see there was not any. i would gladly put in a petition for local government to to use opensource,but would be glad of any advice as to the content of the petition.there may be a petition already but i could not find it. alex the not so noob. -- 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