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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Australian state eyes Linux in $27M desktop overhaul
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>| "The vast majority of communication and collaboration is internal
>| to government, therefore enabling NTG to consider open source solutions
>| for office automation and collaboration software," the white paper
>| states.
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> http://www.pcwelt.de/news/englishnews/Software/111559/
There is positively zero excuse for governments to be locking their
citizens into proprietary file-formats, packages, and other such cr*p.
I'm pleased to see Oz going the right way, as they've been brown-necking
Bush almost as much as Tony Blair (who, I'm imagine, will be offered US
citizenship soon, and I jolly well hope he accepts it and goes!).
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| Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
Hollywood is where if you don't have happiness you send out for it.
-- Rex Reed
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