On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 05:21:56PM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:21:23 +0100, > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 04:57:05AM +0100, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > on Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 04:09:43AM +0100, Pigeon > > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:> From the current issue of RAIL > > > magazine:> > > > > "Network Rail is seeking tenders to replace its Windows NT system, > > > > which Microsoft abandons in December. NR has 10,000 desktop > > > > computers, 2,900 laptops and 300 servers - the equivalent of one > > > > computer for each track mile it owns!" > > > > > > And where might Network Rail be? I'm guessing UK: > > > > > > http://www.networkrail.co.uk/ > > > > > > No current GNU/Linux position openings listed. > > > > If they're "seeking tenders", that means they're looking for > > third-party companies to whom they can contract out the work, not > > offering jobs themselves. > > ..which again means any of us can set up a company to take this > business. ;-) Any of you guys based in the UK wanna join in?
That was my thinking when I made the original post. Personally, I have zero experience of that sort of thing and I tend to drive business people nuts. But I'm sure there are UK people on this list who would be able to do something useful. -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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