Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 08 January 2008 15:06 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Geauga County Public Library Chooses Koha
>>>
>>> ,----[ ]
>>>| "LibLime is making the move to open-source software a more secure
>>>| proposition," explains Deborah O'Connor, Director of Geauga County Public
>>>| Library. "With a firm such as Liblime to provide technical support, moving
>>>| to open source will not require the library to have programmers in its
>>>| Information Technology Department."
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.linuxpr.com/releases/10299.html
>>>
>>> They use Ubuntu Linux, IIRC. Linux is destines to become very popular in
>>> libraries where Windows gaming is not a concern. Security, privacy,
>>> multi-user functions/capabilities and other such things put Linux at a
>>> position of considerable advantage.
>>>
>>
>> There are huge opportunities opening up for people to integrate linux
>> systems. This is another of many, many, examples. I remain somewhat
>> surprised that Microsoft's so wedded to Windows that it cannot see what
>> huge possibilities are building up on the ashes of its once-all-powerful
>> monopoly.
>
> Speaking of Microsoft, it uses the 'charity' funds to keep some libraries tied
> to Windows. This is also the case of the 'New France' from what I've heard.
> There's too much manipulation and I continue to insist that the Gates
> Foundation is in many way a proxy assisting Microsoft. It's effective, so
> Gates 'retires' early.
>
The BBC were quoting him on their ceefax technology news again,
apparently he was doing some live webcast thing, which illustrates just
how unhealthly the relationship between the BBC and Microsoft and the
money laundering Gates foundation is. Apparently he was making all
kinds of predictions about how the computer interface is going to
change, but amazingly, didn't mention anything about mobility... what
an ostrich.
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