[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Micro$oft is killing small town budgets- no mention of an alternative?

[Fred James]

Thanks for the link - I sent it on to my manager - all companyies (and 
we are no different) ought to be looking for ways to save money, just 
like cities.

Maybe I'll send the article to my city as well - now there is an idea!
Thanks again.


Pat Blackard wrote:

> I sent the city of Stillwater this link:
> 
> http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/08/10/1441239&mode=thread
> 
> mentioned here last month, in which a somewhat larger city saves big
> bucks by using linux instead of MS.
> 
> I couldn't find the author of the AP piece on the FOX web site, but I
> have had success in the past sending these writers notes about MS
> alternatives.
> 
> The piece about MS and Software Assurance gets published by the AP, but
> Rob Miller's piece on Largo Florida is seen only by readers of an Open
> Source web site.  Let's fix that.  
> 
> --Pat Blackard
> 
> discuss-request at ntlug.org wrote:
> 
> 
>>Message: 2
>>Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2001 00:43:34 -0500
>>From: Kevin Ivey <ik04 at isot.com>
>>To: discuss at ntlug.org
>>Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Micro$oft is killing small town budgets- no mention of an alternative?
>>Reply-To: discuss at ntlug.org
>>
>>In this AP article, the jacked-up license costs are in return for a
>>"simpler to understand and administer" forced upgrade plan.
>>Don't want or need to upgrade now?  You'll pay much more later.
>>Pure fear mongering.
>>
>>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,35928,00.html
>>
>>No mention of a free alternative or Linux at all....
>>
>>Too bad.
>>
>>keVIn
>>
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