Eric Lee's blog

I took the plunge this morning: http://www.ericlee.info/2007/06/ubuntu_now.html

See here:

http://www.ericlee.info/2007/06/life_after_windows_day_13.html

And I've written up a fairly detailed account of what happened,
here.

In a report published in mid-April, the Broadband Stakeholder Group warned that “time is running out to get the UK in shape to cope with the next wave of net use.” The Group is calling for telecoms firms to be encouraged to build faster networks, warning that without such investment, the country “could suffer profound social and economic setbacks.”

Two things are happening to software that should be of interest to trade unionists. First, software that used to cost a great deal of money is now often available completely free of charge. Second, that software – which used to come on CD-ROMs – now is often available for use online, through your web browser.