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2010/1/25 Bob Moss <bobbyjmoss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > I accept that point, as it is rather vague. As I say, it's just a petition > I'd stumbled across, but in principle it's not a bad idea. > Are there any official campaigns of this sort that would encourage the > government to make this kind of change? > > -- > Why not visit my tech site?: http://bjm1904.com/ > > LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bjm1904 > > > 2010/1/24 Adrian Midgley (Gmail) <amidgley@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> On Sun, 2010-01-24 at 15:39 +0000, Bob Moss wrote: >> > Hi everyone, >> > >> > If you haven't yet spotted this petition: >> > http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/PCchoice/ >> >> >> I do not think it is well-enough written to succeed. >> >> Alas. >> >> -- >> A I guess the only real world way to replace commercial monopolies with open source choice is to go head to head with them, and open a computer shop in every large town that sells pc's without the operating system price and is staffed by the people that know the OS's they sell. You'd have to do a better job of it than PC world for instance, where most of the staff have only learned to turn a pc on and off since joining the force (well if our local branch is anything to go by). -- 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