On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Marko Turunen wrote:
Our goverment uses only M$ products (and we _do_ have high corruption) inside.
I think that is very much a situation around the europe.
Hello everybody. I just subscribed this list, being very pleased to read about the birth of FSF Europe.
Well I agree about the fact that this situation is common around Europe and that a lot of people think that OS=Windows; when you say that something which is different from Windows exists, people looks amazed at you and don't even dare to ask "and what is it?" This even happens in Engineering and Science faculties over here (I write from Palermo, Italy).
It's up to us to believe and be strong in our 'battle' to change this situation and of course a free software foundation operating in Europe is the right thing, because of the differences between the USA and Europe even about free software (e.g. software patents -unfortunately- allowed there).
Regards, Onofrio de Bari.