Re: [seul-edu] Finishing touches to MS rebuttal

[Jacqueline McNally <jacqueline@decisions-and-designs.com.au>]

Hi Leon and others

I recently signed up on this list as I saw that Leon was cross-posting some 
messages to our LUG wrt Linux and education. Scanning the May archive, I'm 
not sure where you are up to with the press release, or whether Computer 
Angels is still included in the message:

 > [9] Western Australia's Computer Angels[9a] already use Linux rather 
than risk
 >     being destroyed at the whim of a well-supported business[9b] as `PCs for
 >     Kids'[9c] effectively was late last year, and a similar organisation in
 >     New Zealand was in 1997[9d]. On the other side of the coin, Linux
 >     suppliers and users have a long tradition of supporting[9e] worthy
 >     organisations. Larger and American organisations are not immune, 
there's a
 >     long list victims[9f], with only one fine under USD$50,000 and some
 >     exceeding USD$500,000.
 >
 > [9a] http://www.ca.asn.au/
 >
 > [9b] http://www.bsaa.com.au/

Your arguments for why Computer Angels uses Linux are incorrect. Our ethos 
is computer literacy and OSS allows us to provide that literacy at many levels.

The flexibility and freedom of the open license and the low system 
requirements of the Linux operating system and software allows us to 
distribute refurbished computers at low cost.

Please update your statement in the imminent [seul-edu] press release.

All the best
Jacqueline
http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/users/zenryaku/

Community Contact, Australia/New Zealand
OpenOffice.org Marketing Project
(www.openoffice.org)

Are you a computer angel? (www.ca.asn.au)