[K12OSN] Microsoft's insidious domination in Australian schools

[Gavin Chester]

Robert,

Thanks for your helpful reply, and those of others.  In the case of your
specific suggestion, your email may have crossed mine in the posting because
you can read in one of my posts that I had been directed toward the
equivalent agency in my own State as the type of agency that you mention in
your post.  Seems that a well intentioned, small local effort has to be
escalated into being part of a State-wide lobbying effort advocating FOSS in
govt.  That's life :-|

regards, Gavin

   >-----Original Message-----
   >From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com]On
   >Behalf Of Robert Arkiletian
   >Sent: Friday, 5 May 2006 01:14
   >To: sales at ecosolutions.com.au; Support list for OpenSource software in
   >schools.
   >Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Microsoft's insidious domination in Australian
   >schools
   >
   >
   >On 5/4/06, Gavin Chester <sales at ecosolutions.com.au> wrote:
   >> (This email is written with many concepts explained that may
   >already be
   >> familiar to you because I am sending this as an open letter
   >to readers from
   >> a wide range of backgrounds and interest groups).
   >
   >I forgot!  Gavin you may have some help from these guys in Australia.
   >They have published a fantastic pdf of FOSS here
   >http://www.osv.org.au/index.cgi?tid=155
   >
   >http://www.osv.org.au/index.cgi?tid=1
   >
   > 	 Open Source Victoria is an Industry Cluster consisting of over 80
   >Victorian firms and developers which provide services and technology
   >related to Free and Open Source Software (FOSS.) Open Source Victoria
   >offers marketing, advocacy and information referral services, and aims
   >to raise the profile of FOSS in Victoria and work with other similar
   >organisations across *Australia*.
   >
   >OSV believes that Open Source technologies are able to deliver the
   >best value-for-money platform and application software available.
   >
   >
   >--
   >Robert Arkiletian
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