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From: Craig on 14 Jul 2010 14:50
On 07/14/2010 09:16 AM, Yrrah wrote:
....
> <www.osor.eu/news/kroes-on-open-source-in-public-administrations-attitudes-are-changing>
>
> And public institutions elsewhere?

The State of California has been moving towards Open Source. In the
last 7 months or so, there have been a number of... policies and
initiatives which we see are starting to have an impact.

The first url is the State's CIO policy statement regarding the use of
Open Source. This has caused a pretty big stir...

http://www.cio.ca.gov/Government/IT_Policy/pdf/IT_Policy_Letter_10-01_Open_Source_Software.pdf


The following Governor's press release came out late last year. It's
having an impact in some, more rural areas in California but I haven't
seen anything locally.

http://gov.ca.gov/index.php?/press-release/12225/
http://www.clrn.org/home/
http://www.studentpirgs.org/open-textbooks

There's more at the fed level; I've seen a number of articles over the
last 18 months or so outlining the use of F/OSS in DoD and NASA.

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-Craig
From: PeeCee on 14 Jul 2010 23:41

"Yrrah" <Yrrah-acf(a)acf.invalid> wrote in message
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> Kroes on open source in public administrations: "Attitudes are
> changing"
> "Now, according to the EU Vice-President and European Digital Agenda
> Commissioner, many large public organisations in the EU are using open
> source. She points for instance to the use of Linux by the city
> council of Munich in Germany and to the open source policies by the UK
> and the Dutch governments. "The top three countries for open source
> activity in the EU are France, Spain and Germany. And with such big
> countries in the lead, the momentum for open source is set to keep on
> growing." "
> <www.osor.eu/news/kroes-on-open-source-in-public-administrations-attitudes-are-changing>
>
> And public institutions elsewhere?
>
>
> Yrrah
>
> --
> Some of the best of the best in Freeware
> http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/
>
>
>

Now all we have to do is find a way to make Inkjet printer cartridges 'open
source'

:-)
Paul.

From: Craig on 15 Jul 2010 00:47
On 07/14/2010 08:41 PM, PeeCee wrote:
>
> "Yrrah":
....
>> <www.osor.eu/news/kroes-on-open-source-in-public-administrations-attitudes-are-changing>
>>
>>
>> And public institutions elsewhere?
>
> Now all we have to do is find a way to make Inkjet printer cartridges
> 'open source'

Funny you should mention that. Using your favorite search engine,
search on:

"continuous inkjet systems"

I haven't tried any of this but it looks... compelling.

--
-Craig
From: PeeCee on 16 Jul 2010 02:29

"Craig" <netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 07/14/2010 08:41 PM, PeeCee wrote:
>>
>> "Yrrah":
> ...
>>> <www.osor.eu/news/kroes-on-open-source-in-public-administrations-attitudes-are-changing>
>>>
>>>
>>> And public institutions elsewhere?
>>
>> Now all we have to do is find a way to make Inkjet printer cartridges
>> 'open source'
>
> Funny you should mention that. Using your favorite search engine, search
> on:
>
> "continuous inkjet systems"
>
> I haven't tried any of this but it looks... compelling.
>
> --
> -Craig

Yep, know about them.
But never actually got to use one.

I scored a HP Photosmart 3110 a while ago with cartridge problems.
At the same time a local Warehouse had a special on a CISS system that
fitted the 3110
So I bought one thinking once I'd got the 3110 going I would change it over
and use it as a spare printer.
Mainly to see just how good the CISS was.
Got the 3110 going by replacing a couple of crook cartridges and resetting
the printer.
The previous owner had stocked up on cartridges so no cost was involved.

The 3110 actually goes very well.
It uses less ink, prints faster and spends a lot less time faffing around
cleaning the heads when compared to my Canon iP5200r.
So much so the 3110 has become the default printer.

Then this week the local Consumer TV program featured a complaint about the
same CISS system that leaked the contents of 'all' of the bottles overnight.
Now I've got a problem.
Do I rip a perfectly good working printer apart & put the CISS in or do I
leave it alone?
Will it leak allover the place?
Would I be able to go back to regular cartridges if I took the CISS out of
the printer?

Oh decisions, decisions.

Sigh!
Paul.

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