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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 -- 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