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On 20/10/10 21:07, Gibbs wrote: > On 20/10/10 19:20, Paul Sutton wrote: >> Hi >> >> now that we are starting to see the extent of budget cuts do you think >> as a lug we can ALL step up a gear and get public services onto Open >> source as a long term strategy, perhaps the savings will offset some of >> the cuts in services that are coming up >> >> I know some of us are doing this, but I am looking at the whole lug to >> do this, after all its you're local services that are going to get the >> chop possibly, >> >> Paul > For me it depends on what the £1,000,000,000+ on "cyber security" > equates too. > > Gibbs > Probably buying the latest and greatest Microsoft security "bundle" and the massively over priced government connect project that requires all servers to be patched on a regular basis without necessarily explaining why or asking if this is a good idea. If you need to use secure encrypted email then train users to use enigmail in thunderbird and set up a government pki server. Tom. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq