__/ [ Brad ] on Saturday 04 March 2006 04:52 \__
> On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 04:06:13 +0100, Roy Culley wrote:
>
>> begin risky.vbs
>> <duavij$1q2h$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>
>>> "The UK's Open Source Academy (OSA), a project funded by the Office
>>> of the Deputy Prime Minister, is promoting Linux and open-source
>>> software within local government, according to an article at
>>> Silicon.com. The Birmingham City Council, has reportedly already
>>> started on one of the most ambitious open source projects..."
>>
>> Blair is a Gates arse licker. All Gates needs to do is call his buddy
>> Tony, stress the errors in using F/OSS and thats the end of it.
>
> It looks like over 300 PC's in Birmingham would indicate otherwise. I
> think you have Gates confused with Bush in this case.
>
> Brad
Maybe his presumption is based on stories such as this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4713018.stm
Microsoft deny nonetheless:
http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-6046016.html?part=rss&tag=6046016&subj=news
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