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