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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput
Posted by: Chris Bell
Date/Time: 10/06/09 10:51:00

There is plenty of top quality support because Unix compatible software is both well covered in University level courses and actively used during those courses. It is widely used in large organizations, and generally in other countries. There is much more poor quality support for Microsoft, yet there is a greater need for any kind of support for Microsoft because it is so unreliable. It is generally accepted that Microsoft requires about five times the IT support compared with Unix compatible Free Open Source Software. There is no absolute guarantee that the software will be perfect, but there is no shortage of users capable of providing improvements and patches when the original source code is available for anyone to view, while closed source software relies on the supplier to get round to fixing problems, if at all. Microsoft does sell you a product that includes Free Open Source Software, for example much of the networking facilities are taken from BSD complete with the licenses, and users often add Free Open Source Software such as Firefox. Unfortunately software supplied to work with Microsoft is not usually tested to ensure that it will coexist with other software, and there is no requirement or guarantee that it will work without unexpected problems. Try getting Microsoft to help you sort out an obvious bug in their system.
There is a free choice of advanced Open Source Software supplied in test versions, or thoroughly tried and tested versions such as the "stable" version of Debian, while commercial software is too often supplied initially as a barely tested package, to be tested by customers.


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Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput18/05/09 08:24:00 Eric Alan Leach
   Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput18/05/09 15:44:00 Libby Kemp
      Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/05/09 08:29:00 Andy Jones
         Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/05/09 10:32:00 Libby Kemp
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/05/09 11:01:00 Diane Gill
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/05/09 11:14:00 Eric Alan Leach
                  Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/05/09 14:18:00 Philippa Bond
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/05/09 16:07:00 George Knox
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/05/09 16:14:00 Sara Nathan
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/05/09 17:27:00 George Knox
                           Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/05/09 19:17:00 Philippa Bond
                              Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/05/09 21:38:00 Richard Jennings
                                 Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput20/05/09 10:27:00 Eric Alan Leach
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput20/05/09 12:24:00 Arthur Breens
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput23/05/09 09:23:00 Eric Alan Leach
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput27/05/09 13:10:00 Chris Bell
   Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput27/05/09 12:06:00 Chris Bell
      Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput29/05/09 06:22:00 Eric Alan Leach
         Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput29/05/09 09:53:00 Chris Bell
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput30/05/09 13:11:00 Philippa Bond
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput30/05/09 13:15:00 Eric Alan Leach
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput30/05/09 19:07:00 Chris Bell
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput01/06/09 18:33:00 Andy Jones
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput02/06/09 07:08:00 Eric Alan Leach
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput02/06/09 07:46:00 Chris Bell
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput03/06/09 17:39:00 Eric Alan Leach
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput07/06/09 08:40:00 Eric Alan Leach
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput07/06/09 08:57:00 Chris Bell
                                    Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput07/06/09 15:37:00 Philippa Bond
                                       Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput07/06/09 21:52:00 Chris Bell
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput09/06/09 16:58:00 Penny Crocker
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput09/06/09 17:41:00 Dawn Ryder
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput09/06/09 23:26:00 Chris Bell
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 09:53:00 Niall Connolly
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 10:51:00 Chris Bell
                                                   Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 12:02:00 Eric Alan Leach
                                                      Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 12:46:00 Niall Connolly
                                                         Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 13:34:00 Chris Bell
                                                            Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 14:27:00 Dawn Ryder
                                                            Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 14:50:00 Niall Connolly
                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput11/06/09 07:16:00 Eric Alan Leach
                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 15:22:00 Chris Bell
                                                                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 16:18:00 Niall Connolly
                                                                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 21:52:00 Chris Bell
                                                         Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 14:37:00 Eric Alan Leach
                                                            Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 15:59:00 Niall Connolly
                                                      Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput10/06/09 12:41:00 Chris Bell
   Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/06/09 14:02:00 Libby Kemp
      Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/06/09 14:15:00 Niall Connolly
         Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput19/06/09 16:48:00 Eric Alan Leach
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput28/06/09 11:27:00 Eric Alan Leach
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput28/06/09 17:14:00 Eric Alan Leach
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput29/06/09 00:42:00 Eric Alan Leach
   Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput04/09/09 13:58:00 Niall Connolly
      Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput04/09/09 16:05:00 Eric Alan Leach
         Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput04/09/09 16:24:00 Niall Connolly
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput04/09/09 17:01:00 Chris Bell
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput04/09/09 17:29:00 Peter Chadburn
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput04/09/09 17:35:00 Niall Connolly
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput04/09/09 22:44:00 Chris Bell
         Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput04/09/09 16:33:00 Peter Chadburn
      Re:Re:Ealing Council Web Site Goes Kaput04/09/09 16:41:00 Chris Bell

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