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Quebec’s Anti- Open Source Policy

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Lloyd

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 | 1 Comment

“Fan error” Blown Away

Posted on September 6, 2007 by Lloyd

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 | 64 Comments

“Fan error”

Posted on August 31, 2007 by Lloyd

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 | 18 Comments