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UK politics debates the posibilities of open source software.

Posted by on Jan 28, 2009 in Open Source | 2 comments The UK political opposition have been making big noises this week about furthering the use of open source software in government IT projects. What a great idea, in difficult economic times we need to cut costs in government, and adopting open source is an excellent long term decision for the UK.  I just cannt begin to contemplate the migration costs...
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PRESS RELEASE – Mercian Asset Labels relaunched to secure company property

Posted by on Jan 28, 2009 in Labels, press releases | 0 comments PRESS RELEASE 28 January 2009 Cannock, Staffordshire, UK Mercian Asset Labels relaunched to secure company property Short run labelling specialists Mercian Labels Ltd have responded to the credit crunch by relaunching their range of asset labels to help UK businesses secure their property and deter theft with no fuss. Asset identification labels are used by companies, government departments, the...
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By the way… 2009 is our birthday – Mercian Labels is 40 years old this year!

Posted by on Jan 15, 2009 in business | 0 comments Established in 1969, we are 40 years old this year, and will be celebrating appropriately with a “do” this year. I’m a new boy with only 8 years service compared to some of the staff with over 20 years, but we are really proud of what we do, the values we hold and the way we do business. We havent made a single redundancy in 40 years, and have a ever growing quality customer...
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we’ve done it! our migration to open source has finally been completed!

Posted by on Jan 15, 2009 in Open Source | 15 comments Not without its bugs in the first few working days in our new “open” world, we have finally completed our migration to open source! For the first time we have now shut down our old Windows servers, and are now running every possible application we can on open source platforms.  The final “big switch” was done over xmas by Rich and I, swapping all the main desktops for...
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