On 07-Jul-10 18:34:52, MJ Ray wrote:
ALUG members may like to see the Norwich City Council Open Source Motion which is being discussed at http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.fsf.uk/5909
For further national news, see http://floss.pro/fsfeuk
Does anyone think other Anglian councils might follow suit, maybe even note the strategic benefits, call it Free and Open Source Software and consider exit costs too?
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Congratulations to Norwich! Living as I do a couple of hundred yards on the other side of the Little Ouse, I wonder how our local Wise Men in Cambridgeshire would react to such a proposal. As an example of their elevation and insight, I commend to you an article in the Cambridge Evening News (March 20 2010): http://tinyurl.com/32gf7yg Enjoy the Mayor of Ely's summary of the best reasons to visit Ely (excerpt from C.E.N. article): Mayor's anger as survey says no-one wants to visit Ely THE mayor of Ely has demanded an apology from Travelodge after its survey found the city to be among the least attractive cities for visitors. [...] Ely came eighth behind cities like Bradford, Wakefield, Dundee and Sunderland in the list of top 10 least desirable places to visit. Cllr Hobbs told the News: "I am very annoyed with this poll. You can't compare Ely to places like Bradford. Ely is a beautiful place. We have the cathedral and a stunning river and every year we win awards for our loos. A more intelligent analysis appears in "Straight Statistics": http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/ they%E2%80%99re-out-sorts-sunderland which follows up an analysis of my own which someone forwarded to them (and available by private communication on request). Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding@manchester.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 07-Jul-10 Time: 20:34:19 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------