[ubuntu-uk] N.H.S

[Matt Jones]

IIRC, Microsoft won the contract in 2004/5, but the NHS used a linux
solution (from Sun?) as a bargaining point to get a lower price from
Microsoft. The price paid for the cost of the licenses was £500m.

Please can we refer to Microsoft by the proper name, it looks childish
and goes against the image that is needed to win these  contracts that
are viewed as important use cases.

Matt.

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Robert Flatters
<robert.flatters at googlemail.com> wrote:
> I think the cost of replacing microslow with linux might be higher and the
> testing involved in making sure other system build to work on microslow
> would have to have rework done to get them work on Linux.
>
> Regards
>
> Bob
>
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Rik Boland <rik_boland at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> There has been talk about Microslop getting out of schools but what about
>> the NHS how much does it cost per year for them to use Microslow.  Is it one
>> nurse, or a ward or even more?
>>

>> Rik Boland
>> 15 Stanley Place, Lancaster, LA1 5PN      Mobile 07866439588
>>
>> We need Justice but we also need Grace and Mercy from God to do this.
>>
>>
>> --- On Mon, 9/2/09, Paul Sutton <zleap at zleap.net> wrote:
>>
>> From: Paul Sutton <zleap at zleap.net>
>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] marketing - oops included url this time
>> To: "British Ubuntu Talk" <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>, list at dcglug.org.uk
>> Date: Monday, 9 February, 2009, 7:39 PM
>>
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>> James Milligan wrote:
>> > Sorry if I've missed something but where can you get the files?
>> >
>> > James
>>
>>
>> www.zleap.net
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>> under downloads then under ubuntu.
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul
>> >
>> > On 9 Feb 2009, at 19:20, Paul Sutton <zleap at zleap.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi
>> >
>>
>> > I have created a mini advert type thing thats probably small enough to
>> > go in the window of a shop,  (e.g newsagent),  it has link to the
>> > dcglug, but its aimed and promoting ubuntu and more importantly
>>
>> > support
>> > networks via the lug, (mail discussion list)
>> >
>> > released as creative commons so you are free to use, edit, improve
>> > etc etc.
>> >
>> > hope it helps
>> >
>> > file formats .pdf and .odf
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Paul
>> >>
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>> Paul Sutton
>> www.zleap.net
>> Support Open and ISO standard file formats ISO 26300 odf
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>> http://www.odfalliance.org
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> Robert Flatters, AMBSC
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