Hear hear, I thought we had a representative form of government. We could probably talk to our representatives if we were aware of issues like this! Kelly Black KB0GBJ On Saturday 12 January 2002 11:30, you wrote: > > The LAN admin management will not discuss any alternative to Microsoft. > > A few of us meet quietly sometimes and try to think of ways around this > > formidable obstacle :-(> > > Tell the public. As a taxpayer I'd be very interested in knowing that my > local (or any) refuses to even consider an option that would potentially > save a lot of money, especially when a public employee is willing to do > the research in their free time. > > In fact, you might get some mileage out of simply suggesting that the > public might find that interesting. > > Andy > > > Glenn McDavid > > mailto:gmcdavid at winternet.com > > http://www.winternet.com/~gmcdavid