Re: [tlug] "Like Cars..."

[Pietro Zuco <maillist@example.com>]

On Friday 31 December 2004 23:11, Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon wrote:
> I thought of people in Spain going Linux and bought a bottle of Spanish
> sparkling wine to celebrate the year changeover.  There are many reasons
> to use Linux, but one of the most important aspects of it is
> (tactfully?) ignored for the most part.  If you cooperate with and
> financially support a sinister companies like "W", then you are also
> guilty of damaging the world community.  It's something like how the
> police arrest people who aid and assist criminals.  As human beings, we
> have a responsibility to resist that which is wrong, and not just look
> for the easiest path to walk on or use
> excuses to defend the indefensible.

I'm sorry but I just don't understand what you mean. My english is not so 
good. I do not support any sinister company and what is "W"?
I work as a GNU/Linux system administration and software development teacher. 
In Spain the administrative and university software is little by little 
changing to open source solutions. Two regions of Spain one is Extremadura 
and the other is Andalucia are developping two Linux distributions 
respectively:
Linex http://www.linex.org/
Guadalinex: http://www.guadalinex.org/
Fortunately politicians are understanding the importance of "libre" software 
and the bureaucratic machine is moving to a free solution. The government is 
implanting GNU/Linux in schools, hospitals, universities and the plans are to 
convert everything.
Other regions of Spain have in a short future plans to do the same. 

> - My New Year's blurb in the spirit of hoping for a peaceful world in
> which not only illegal and sinister people profit.  A fat sheep isn't
> necessarily a happy one!

I agree.

-Pietro-

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