BW )(: Petition - open source in schools

[Ronald Corbett]

Excelent Reply No I dont think you would facy me nor I you I just could not see the connection to religious wars.  but thank you for your input!! I dont think my wife would appreciate me researching social websites trawling for company. Not after 29 years

From: paulrbarnard at hotmail.comTo: bristolwireless at lists.psand.netDate: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:14:01 -0800Subject: Re: BW )(: Petition - open source in schoolsI have been a member of this list for many years.  Always read, very rarely reply.  It's always nice to meet new people and exchange reasoned views with them.  Perhaps you have learned that there are lots of other people out there listening to your 'private' conversations.  As to our getting closer having homosexual connotations, I have no idea, do you think I would fancy you?  Maybe you should try a social website if you are looking for some personal companionship.



On Feb 10, 2009, at 10:42 AM, Ronald Corbett wrote:

 It may not be the best place for a debate but I was unaware of your existens until now as I thought Iwas talking to my good friend Richard Higgs I have re read the petition to see if I had made a mistake but I see nothing that relates to religious war. but it has brought you and I closer to gether so do you think that has homosexual conotations.Sooty126 

From: paulrbarnard at hotmail.comTo: bristolwireless at lists.psand.netDate: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:31:34 -0800Subject: Re: BW )(: Petition - open source in schoolsEveryone is free to sign or not as they see fit.  This is not really a good place for debating the pros and cons of this issue as this is an open wireless list, not a linux list...

FWIW I won't be signing for similar reason to those given by Ale.  The petition reeks of religious war rather than the 'best interests' or end users.



On Feb 10, 2009, at 9:39 AM, Ronald Corbett wrote:

Hi Rich and everyoneI have signed the petition Because I believe that children and elderly peeps are short changed on information there is always some pilock saying they know what children and old people need or want but they never bloody ask them if its open source and free its easy to get and there is always someone on linux who will help them get around the software try finding help for beginners on microsoft there is no tact for a start and I do not think that people should pay thieves to view an encyclopaedia of life with information freely given.we need more bristol wirelesses all over the UK europe Asia Russia Ameriicc Austrailia the World and Twinell back on line!!!sooty126> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:26:31 +0000> From: skoria at gmail.com> To: bristolwireless at lists.psand.net> Subject: Re: BW )(: Petition - open source in schools> > Hi Woodsy,> > I think it's not worth it as it currently reads... It'll only attract > the purist linux-everywhere-hey-actually-it's-gnu crowd, rather than for > example general public teachers, parents or students.> > For example, the first 3 reasons the petition gives are malware, > compatibility and language choice - I think they are plucked from a hat > and it's very easy for a microsoftie to argue reasons against them, and > there are far better reasons to use open source than that(eg: price, > openness, works on older hardware etc).> > Re the BECTA mention, I think there's even an EU recommendation or fancy > doc somewhere (no time to look it up) that pushes people to use open > source in education. So my guess is it'll get a few thousand votes, but > not nearly as many as it needs, but a slightly better-written petition > could get masses of people signing, and by saying that, I'm not > volunteering to write it.. :)> > Hope you're well!> > Ale> > Steve Woods wrote:> > "We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Make the primary> > operating system used in state schools free and open source"> > > > http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/nonMSschools/> > > > Cheers> > Woodsy> > > > _______________________________________________> > Bristolwireless mailing list> > Bristolwireless at lists.psand.net> > http://lists.psand.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/bristolwireless> > > > _______________________________________________> Bristolwireless mailing list> Bristolwireless at lists.psand.net> http://lists.psand.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/bristolwireless

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