Re: [Fsfe-uk] Lobbying

[MJ Ray]

Imran Ghory <address@hidden> wrote:
> I did some searches and turned up the following statement by Charlotte
> Atkins (MP for Staffordshire Moorlands) made in '99,
> 
>  "To ask the Secretary of State for Education and
> Employment what assessment he has made of the Linux computer operating
> system and its potential for reducing the costs of school computer
> systems. "
> 
> Maybe someone should contact her and ask if she has seen any developments
> in this area ?

The holding answer from Charles Clarke, MP for Norwich South (which
represents my old home, so I have met him), is at
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/cgi-bin/htm_hl?DB=ukparl&STEMMER=en&WORDS=linux+&COLOUR=Red&STYLE=&URL=/pa/cm199899/cmhansrd/vo990216/text/90216w31.htm#90216w31.html_wqn0
but I can't find the final answer.

Another key body in this field who we should make ourselves known to is
BECTA (.org.uk), but I gather that OSIE already are known to them.  Someone
should talk to OSIE and see if/how we can work togther.  Their URL is (I
think) http://www.osie.org.uk/

[At the very least, some questions on
http://osie.sourceforge.net/dynamic/osieweb/noframes/about_oss.php should be
corrected.  The free in Free Software is freedom, not price.]