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Quebec’s Anti- Open Source Policy
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Open Source
Also tagged Canonical, Novel, Open Source, oracle, Peter Nowak, Public, Public Interest, RedHat, Sun, Ubuntu
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“Fan error” Blown Away
I’m writing this email on my purring ThinkPad T42p with its new fan. Yes!
Posted in Consuming, PC
Also tagged burning plastic, fan, laptop, lenovo, PC, personal computing, repair, service, t42p, thinkpad, Ubuntu, windows
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“Fan error”
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!
Posted in PC, Victoria
Also tagged burning plastic, fan, laptop, lenovo, Linux, microsoft windows, PC, personal computing, repair, service, t42p, thinkpad, Ubuntu, windows
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