Craig craig@wizball.co.uk wrote:
oh yeah, thats great.. lets add assult and battery to the list of activities that ALUG get up to.
I'm planning a SWAT team.
Let's reinforce the terrorist perception, eh?
Remember, these people are not techincal people, and for them, kernels are things you get in nuts, and to be completly honest, we sort of scare them....
Unfortuantly but if you mention the fact Linux is free and they would think 'money saved!'. Then you explain the horror stories later ;)
Free software refers to freedom not cost. No software is free, especially not to educational establishments with all the special stresses they tend to put on kit.
I've already been asked to make contact with this MP in my AFFS role, www.affs.org.uk I'll keep you posted, but is your offer to help more than a joke, Craig? If so, please email me off-list so we can co-ordinate things. Thanks.
MJR