Came across a full list of E-mail addresses for Members of Parliament at
http://www.students.ncl.ac.uk/ingo.schueder/english/no-war/UK-MP.html
(Its designed to spam MPs about the Iraq War, but it could be worth
selective mailings to your own MP about, for example,
1. Schools having to pay MS for machines not running their software if
they enter MS Schools agreement. Currently being investigated by the
office of fair trading contact Neil.Maxey@oft.gsi.gov.uk. Not much
chance of getting Suse into schools if for every SuSe machine they have
to pay MS license fees.
2. Lack of a strategy in the public sector to obtain best value by
promoting competition in the desktop software market.
3. Infringement of privacy due to intrusive nature of MS applications on
personal computers. Evidence at
http://orange.math.buffalo.edu/csc/resolution2_april2003_approved.html
4. Any other issue you feel is appropriate in promoting an environment
where Suse and other Linux distros can thrive.
Best to be not too technical, or too emotional. Short and to the point
and make it relevant to local issues eg schools and hospitals having
funds diverted out of learning and health care etc. Get other
constituency members to periodically E-mail on the same issues.
Advertising works by regular inserts over a period so keep sending the
E-mails every few weeks and try and get a variety of sources - more
votes potentially lost!
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ian