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[Stuart Yeates <stuart.yeates AT computing-services.oxford.ac.uk>]

co201jna AT gold.ac.uk wrote:
> everybody,
> 
> please check out my mate Anil's suggestion to get all you bloggers out
> there to start writing 'how to switch from MS ____ to ____' articles, in
> clear, simple, effective language.
> 
> MS Reshuffle:
> http://www.moomu.com/msc/archives/2005/06/ms_reshuffle.html

There is definitely a great deal to be said for technical guides and
how-to's written in clear, simple, effective language, preferably
licensed under the CC in such a way that others can keep them up to
date.

What is needed is a raising of the level of education of developers,
managers, deployers and end-users so that they can make informed,
rational choices as to what software, services and licences to use.
That choice may (or may not) be moving from one platform or service
to another.

I suspect that campaigning for microsoft licensees to move to other
platforms simply because microsoft is microsoft is unlikely to be
productive unless people see a genuine gain to themselves from
making the swap.

cheers
stuart
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