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On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 13:34 +0100, Henry Bremridge wrote: > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 10:00:00AM +0000, Adam Latham wrote: > > I must say that, as a 'parasite' myself, I find this whole thread rather > > distasteful. > > > > I've never wasted a penny of 'your' money myself, so I'd appreciate if we could > > keep the discussion at least civil, especially as I like to read all of the > > posts. > > > > I don't mind your opinion, I'm sure there are many people who feel the same way. > > But, sticks and stones, and all that... I'd rather you chose more friendly > > language is all: cushy number, soft option, wasters etc. There are a plethora! > > > > Anyway, back to work, and no offence intended or implied. Just an opinion. > > > Adam > > Indeed and we all know the relief that comes from finding a helpful person: > be they bankers, garages or civil servants. Ah, Bankers. Don't get me started, lol! > > On that note, is there any way "The Unions" - such as Unison - can get > involved in promoting opensource software as a means for local government > to cut license fees (costs) (and, perhaps, improve the skill set of students)? > I can't see any good reason why not, however, a lot of the IT members they are representing will be as opposed to FLOSS as would be the large IT consultancies who 'advise' Unions on their own IT arrangements. I have voiced this opinion before, someone on here even sent in to Exec at the local authority, a proposal to that effect - shot down in the flames of ignorance, if I remember correctly. I think their reasoning was that they were committed to the investment in Microshonky software, and that the user knowledge base was too small and that large amounts of re-training would be needed. Don't quote me, this is from a distant memory. Most ICT courses are little more than Microshonky training courses, or Adooby-dooby-do training courses! Of course they've heard of Linux/Unix/Mac but '..nobody really uses it..'. They've heard of OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice but '..nobody really uses it..' which is insane really! They've heard of C++ but 'everyone' used Microshonky software to write it. They've heard of HTML/PHP/MySQL but 'everyone' uses Droneweaver etc, etc. Adam > > -- > Henry > Photocopies or faxes of my signature are not binding. > This email has been signed with an electronic signature in accordance with > subsection 7(3) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000. > Digital Key Signature: GPG RSA 0xFB447AA1 or 0x3184D537 > Smime Fingerprint 98:24:AE:F7:D1:D6:E5:A0:F0:55:2F:40:42:5F:46:24:F9:52:f4:30 > Thu May 26 13:24:49 BST 2011 > > > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq