[Linux-bruxelles] Re: Campagne logiciel libre dans l'education

[Jerome Warnier]

Pettiaux Nicolas wrote:
> Le Mardi 18 Juin 2002 16:55, Herman Bruyninckx a écrit :
> 
> 
>>I have had some talks with people that work for Agoria (the Flemish
>>organisation of companies in the engineering sector), and that
>>organisation is planning to make a cell for software. And the one of
>>the responsibles for this initiative is very open for free software. I
>>hope this will work out in the next couple of months, but I am not too
>>optimistic... Anyway, I will keep some `pressure'.
> 
> 
> THis is very good to hear, but still we should find a way to keep the 
> pressure. 
> 
> The people from Agoria are acting in the Region of Brussels AGAINST the law 
> proposal to use free software in the administration. Under their auspices,  6 
> large companies (M$, Telindus, Oracle, Compaq, and 2 others)  have written a 
> common to the president of the parliament and many ministers to vote AGAINST. 
> 
> So having a good hear from inside Agoria is very important. 
> 
> Do you see, Herman, another  way we could, gently, support that person or 
> lobby with him ?
We could support that person, off course, if it enlarges the Free 
Software users in the World, we run!
There are many ways to help, just tell us *how*, and we will tell you if 
we can.

> Nicolas