Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-13 Thread Jacob Mansfield
poke Jacob Mansfield Programmer CyberKing Solutions www.cyberkingsolutions.co.uk On 13 February 2011 23:02, Alan Bell wrote: > On 13/02/11 19:17, Jacob Mansfield wrote: >> >> the CDs and flyers would be useful for my meeting as well, could I get a >> copy > > Yes. The loco team has an allocatio

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-13 Thread Alan Bell
On 13/02/11 19:17, Jacob Mansfield wrote: the CDs and flyers would be useful for my meeting as well, could I get a copy Yes. The loco team has an allocation of CDs each release and I happen to have a stash from the recent show. This is exactly the kind of thing that they are for. If anyone is g

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-13 Thread Paul Sutton
CyberKing Solutions www.cyberkingsolutions.co.uk the above site gives a database error paul -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-13 Thread Paul Sutton
can we put a link on the ubuntu-uk website, it may not be specific for ubuntu but its a good way to introduce open source via windows software. paul -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-13 Thread Sarah Chard
O n Sun, 2011-02-13 at 20:37 +, Rob Beard wrote: > > Sarah > > > > > > > > Sarah, are you using the updated menu system on there (I believe it's > the one where everything is compiled into one file), or is it the > original OpenDisc CD Menu which had individual HTML files? > > Ta, > > Rob

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-13 Thread Rob Beard
On 13/02/11 20:15, Sarah Chard wrote: On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 20:04 +, Paul Sutton wrote: On 13/02/11 19:17, Jacob Mansfield wrote: the CDs and flyers would be useful for my meeting as well, could I get a copy Jacob Mansfield Programmer CyberKing Solutions www.cyberkingsolutions.co.uk i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-13 Thread Jacob Mansfield
go for the link anyway, I'll figure out how to get rid of the branding somehow Jacob Mansfield Programmer CyberKing Solutions www.cyberkingsolutions.co.uk On 13 February 2011 20:24, Rob Beard wrote: > On 13/02/11 20:04, Paul Sutton wrote: >> >> On 13/02/11 19:17, Jacob Mansfield wrote: >>> >>>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-13 Thread Rob Beard
On 13/02/11 20:04, Paul Sutton wrote: On 13/02/11 19:17, Jacob Mansfield wrote: the CDs and flyers would be useful for my meeting as well, could I get a copy Jacob Mansfield Programmer CyberKing Solutions www.cyberkingsolutions.co.uk i downloaded the iso file then made a basic press-it lable

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-13 Thread Sarah Chard
On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 20:04 +, Paul Sutton wrote: > On 13/02/11 19:17, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > > the CDs and flyers would be useful for my meeting as well, could I get a > > copy > > Jacob Mansfield > > Programmer > > CyberKing Solutions > > www.cyberkingsolutions.co.uk > > > > > i download

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-13 Thread Paul Sutton
On 13/02/11 19:17, Jacob Mansfield wrote: the CDs and flyers would be useful for my meeting as well, could I get a copy Jacob Mansfield Programmer CyberKing Solutions www.cyberkingsolutions.co.uk i downloaded the iso file then made a basic press-it lable this is the best way to go really, yo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-13 Thread Jacob Mansfield
the CDs and flyers would be useful for my meeting as well, could I get a copy Jacob Mansfield Programmer CyberKing Solutions www.cyberkingsolutions.co.uk On 13 February 2011 18:40, Paul Sutton wrote: > On 13/02/11 18:13, Sarah Chard wrote: >> >> O >> n Sun, 2011-02-13 at 17:38 +, alan c wro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-13 Thread Paul Sutton
On 13/02/11 18:13, Sarah Chard wrote: O n Sun, 2011-02-13 at 17:38 +, alan c wrote: Hi Sarah Would you find a FOSS leaflet (double sided A4) based on the OpenDIsc useful? If so can I email it to you? -- alan cocks Ubuntu user yes please - we are trying to put together as much info as po

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-13 Thread Sarah Chard
O n Sun, 2011-02-13 at 17:38 +, alan c wrote: > > Hi Sarah > Would you find a FOSS leaflet (double sided A4) based on the > OpenDIsc useful? > If so can I email it to you? > > -- > alan cocks > Ubuntu user yes please - we are trying to put together as much info as possible for the event

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-13 Thread alan c
On 13/02/11 12:55, bod...@googlemail.com wrote: At the council where I work, vendor lock in is not a concern at all, quite the opposite. One of the merits is that everything is likely to integrate without an issue. Sharepoint, exchange, ms office, ms sql all work together to deliver the service.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-13 Thread alan c
On 13/02/11 11:28, Sarah Chard wrote: O n Sat, 2011-02-12 at 19:46 +, alan c wrote: the IT department and found that Bracknell use an overwhelming amount of Suse Enterprise server, and are carefully aware of the non linux apps they still depend upon, and plan for a future with thin cl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-13 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 12/02/11 23:34, Rob Beard wrote: Good Lick ;-) Reminds me of the Policeman in "allo allo" but some of his other franglais comments probably won't work too well by email... Al -- The Open Learning Centre http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-13 Thread bodsda
At the council where I work, vendor lock in is not a concern at all, quite the opposite. One of the merits is that everything is likely to integrate without an issue. Sharepoint, exchange, ms office, ms sql all work together to deliver the service. You can't just replace MS office with LibreOffi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-13 Thread Tony Travis
On 13/02/11 11:51, Sean Miller wrote: [...] When it actually came to costings, including support, there really wasn't ANY difference at all in the total cost of ownership.In fact, a supported JBOSS worked out to be FAR from the cheapest, as other vendors offered free support alongside the "li

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-13 Thread Sarah Chard
On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 11:51 +, Sean Miller wrote: > So I think that the argument that Councils will automatically "save > money" through moving to FOSS is one that doesn't always stand up to > scrutiny. > > Ultimately we should be promoting Linux on its merits, rather than on > costs. The arg

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-13 Thread Sean Miller
On 12 February 2011 19:46, alan c wrote: > Armed with my new knowledge I am recently in touch with my Councillor to > help make them aware that there is no real reason why they need to stay with > a paid-for OS on their corporate laptop. It may take a bit more time of > course. > I think that "p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-13 Thread Sarah Chard
O n Sat, 2011-02-12 at 19:46 +, alan c wrote: > the IT department and found that Bracknell use an overwhelming amount > of Suse Enterprise server, and are carefully aware of the non linux > apps they still depend upon, and plan for a future with thin clients. > I think they have been not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Click ....

2011-02-13 Thread Sean Miller
Oh dear... "if you want to earn your Geek Badge of Honour"? Exactly what I DON'T want to hear. "when running off the CD the operating system will be incredibly slow..." Yeah, that's going to go down well. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk ht