How's this one-
-> Editor
<- Concerned citizens
It has come to our attention that state and city governments of this state are
not acting in the best interest of it's citizens. The state and city
governments have no money yet they contiune to give hundreds of thousands
of dollars (if not then millions) to a company that is in the state of
Washington known as Microsoft. They continue to do this by leasing licenses
for their operating system (OS) Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows 2003
even though their are viable alternatives to the Windows OS called RedHat
Linux or SUSE Linux or even Mepis Linux among many. Further, with each new
upgrade of their operating system most of the old hardware becomes obsolete
requiring additional monies to make it so their OS will function. This is not
so with Linux. At our last install-fest we put a modern functioning Linux OS
on a 1991 laptop.
Linux is part of a movement called open source in which the source code (inner
workings of the program) is available for everyone to inspect and to improve
upon. While some say this leads to a less secure OS, that is not true. The
individuals who write computer virii are are usually young and inexperienced
individuals who think they are smarter than they really are (this is why they
ALWAYS get caught). And while they are looking at the code with malicious
overtones the wiser, more experienced generation is inspecting the same code
fixing any security flaws they find in the OS.
Because the code is open for all to see it is also open for all to compile
(make operational). This means that it is also free to compile and use as
your OS. But it goes deeper than just the operating system, all of the
applications included with most distributions of the Linux OS are also open
source. This means that for nothing you can have an operating that is
superior to Microsoft's operating system with similar application programs.
Sincerely:
Michael Havens
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note: I think we should send the letter promoting one of the
distributions. Although I prefer Debian I think we should go with one
of the comecialized distributions]
[My name on the letter is optional]
So what do you all think?
--
<:-)Mike(-:>
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