Verily I say unto thee, that Homer spake thusly:
> Verily I say unto thee, that bbgruff spake thusly:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> | I found it interesting to hear that all of the members of the
>>> | European Union (EU) are required to use open source Linux-based
>>> | software exclusively, and this includes everything from
>>> | operating systems to office applications. There is also a move
>>> | afoot here in this country to attempt to do a similar thing.
>>
>> Where the Dickens did the author get this from?
>>
>> - or put it another way, it's news to me!
>
> I just E-mailed Jeff Rowe to ask him.
>
> When I get a response, I'll post it here.
I've just received Jeff's reply.
Without quoting his private correspondence verbatim, in essence he
states his claim was unsubstantiated rumour that he'd heard on two
separate occasions. No surprise there, but like the source of this
gossip, I'm ever hopeful.
--
K.
http://slated.org
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| "The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which
| the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf
| denounces him for the same act, as the destroyer of liberty.
| Plainly the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of
| the word liberty; and precisely the same difference prevails today
| among human creatures." ~ Abraham Lincoln
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