Linux (opensource) for toronto

[Peter L. Peres]

On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Jason Carson wrote:

> According to this news release by the city of Toronto
> http://wx.toronto.ca/inter/it/newsrel.nsf/7017df2f20edbe2885256619004e428e/2ecff1f89300b50385256e13006b1f3e?OpenDocument
> the mayor is looking for input on the 2004 budget..
>
> "Listening to Toronto is our first step in bringing people from across the
> city together so they can help shape Toronto's budget discussion. I will
> attend each of the six sessions along with Budget Advisory Committee Chair
> Soknacki and members of Council. We want to hear what the people have to
> say, " Miller said.
>
> I've heard people discuss this issue (opensource for local government) in
> the past so this looks like a good opportunity to bring it up.

Meanwhile you can quote as a precedent Israel as the country (not city!)
that stopped buying M$ this year because M$ refused to sell them partial
bundles of office software and because of the licensing fees. There are
references to this all over the web.

Peter
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