-----Original Message----- From: Richard Ibbotson [mailto:richard@sheflug.co.uk] Sent: 03 December 2001 13:32 To: Schools List Subject: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Re: NHS Meeting Blair and Gates
Dear all
I think it's a great pity that people are threatening to withdraw from this list - I'm a tax payer and i object to my money being wasted in an extravagant and un-nessecary manner by people who have think a web browser is a newspaper reading spider!
Nice to see Jono Bacon subscribe to this list :)
Cheers. :)
The above issue of tax payers being ripped off is just the reason why I have written a letter to my Member of Parliament about the software deal between MS and the NHS.
It might be that this does not directly support Linux in Schools but it does support the ideal of the tax payer being given the right to know where his or her money went to. This is something that parents would also like to know about.
Anything that supports the IT technicians who work in schools from the point of view of keeping their jobs must be a good thing. Of course, I'm supposing that low cost of licences as opposed to high costs of MS licence is something that we want.
I heard of this whole MS and the British Government from Roger at a talk he did. I was pretty surprised to say the least. I have done some hunting about on the topic and I have contacted my local MP. I am awaiting a call from him. Is there anything useful going on to prevent these things happening? If I can help at all let me know; I havent much time at the moment, but I will try to help where I can. Cheers, Jono