Re: [SLUG] City of Largo under pressure from M$ to switch

From: Glen (gurensan@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Tue Nov 13 2001 - 19:20:39 EST


Oh good. I almost went to them with a print of the register article but I
never made it.

        Glen

On Monday 12 November 2001 21:43, you wrote:
> The following link was forwarded to me by Smitty.
>
> http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/11/12/1352221&mode=thread
>
> Apparently, Microsoft has been pressuring the city of Largo to switch
> from Linux to XP. Smitty talked to their systems administrator. While
> they have no plans to switch, it's been suggested that we (particularly
> those who live/work in Largo) contact the city manager (Steve Stanton)
> at sstanton@largo.com to express our support and congratulate him on
> saving the city the costs of proprietary OS licensing.
>
> Imagine. Big Ol' Microsoft scared of Lil Ol' Linux. ;-}
>
> Paul



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