Oh and on the SOCITM thing, you might not know that in addition to what they're doing in Newham, Bristol City Council's entire desktop estate is SuSe-driven. And I'm familiar with the chap who 'made it so' - they know what they're doing down in Zomerzet ;)
Pete 2009/2/26 Pete Stean <pete...@googlemail.com>: > Those of you who have met me on this list know what I do for a living, > so one must be careful what one says, but just bear in mind that a) > many people who should be well-briefed are not (for example, I didn't > know about this week's visit and given where I sit I should have known > - unless of course discussion of opensource just popped up, which > frankly happens at these kinds of events) and b) lots of people with > 'purchasing power' so to speak can only handle what they are familiar > with, and are frankly scared and confused by the new and the > unfamiliar. You must also appreciate given the size and complexity of > some Government systems (but by no means all) the cost of implementing > an opensource solution to replace an existing system would be > prohibitively expensive, at least in the short term, and thats just > the cost of implementation, never mind what might happen if an > existing Contract was broken, and Government's not about spending big > bucks on the back-office right now, for obvious reasons. > > Just my 2p > > Pete > > > > > -- > 'In letters of gold, on a snow-white kite, I will write "I Love You!" > And send it soaring high above you, for all to read!' > > RIP Billy M 1957-1997 > -- 'In letters of gold, on a snow-white kite, I will write "I Love You!" And send it soaring high above you, for all to read!' RIP Billy M 1957-1997 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
