On 19/07/10 13:42, Rob Beard wrote: > I'm hoping as a LUG in Devon we can start to do more of this in the > future, I'd even refurbish machines and stick Ubuntu on them if it > wasn't for another guy on our local Freecycle list who gets old > machines, refurbishes them and sticks Windows XP and Office 2003 on them > (I think he's either got a whole load of Office 2003 licenses he wants > to give away or he's installing pirate copies of the software, however > good his intentions are I'm sure one day he'll come unstuck).
I would kindly point this chap at the following story and probably suggest he desist rather pronto... http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2010/07/17/microsoft-test-purchasing-a-pc-near-you-watch-out-small-business/ Al -- The Open Learning Centre http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/