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Quebec’s Anti- Open Source Policy

August 28, 2008 – 10:36 am

Peter Nowak wrote a CBC article yesterday about Quebec being sued for not accepting software contract bids:
“Government buyers are using an exception in provincial law that allows them to buy directly from a proprietary vendor when there are no options available, but Facil said that loophole is being abused…”
The article has the tantalizing title of [...]

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“Fan error” Blown Away

September 6, 2007 – 10:15 pm

I’m writing this email on my purring ThinkPad T42p with its new fan. Yes!
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“Fan error”

August 31, 2007 – 4:50 pm

My ThinkPad t42p is less than two years old, and today it became a paper weight — I hope temporarily.
Thursday Update: Yes, it seems that it was temporary!
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