On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Roy Souther wrote:
> Our local college LCC has a big problem we need your help with. > http://www.lethbridgecollege.ab.ca/ > > Here is the message I posted to the LLUG list. > Did anyone keep a copy of the Lethbridge Herald about the IT consultant that > LCC hired? Apparently she is from Colorado and she flies home every weekend > to see her family. She is going to recommend that the the Linux servers that > have been working for years be replaced with Microsoft systems and she will > recommend sweeping changes towards Microsoft. Ask for the opportunity to critically access her proposal. > This is an out rage for many reasons. ^^^^^^^^ one word > 1) There are hundreds of local IT professionals that can do the job that a > foreigner was hired to do. They must have had some reason for hiring her. I would hope that if some foreign company wanted to hire me as a materials engineer for a contract, there wouldn't be local outrage over this. Is she is the best person for the job, let her do it. If there is some problem with her qualifications, then complain. > 2) Linux is the superior choice for a public institution that is suppose to be > reducing spending costs. Linux is in place and working great, not costing LCC > any thing and now they want to replace them at a cost of millions of dollars. If something is working great, but obsolete; there are arguments for replacing it. If it isn't working, it's obvious it needs replacing. If something is working great and is not obsolete, it is a political decision. > There are many other reason but I am so mad now it can not even type. We need > to stop this insane and bad business decision be for it runes a fine local > education institution. LCC spending out of control! So, appeal to the business side of things. If it's a political decision (and has money behind it), you aren't likely to beat it back by shouting and jumping around. > Linux, because a 486 is a terrible thing to waste! I am currently fighting with two 486 laptops. I am becoming of the opinion that they should get wasted, at least with only the base level of memory. Gord Matter Realisations http://www.materialisations.com/ Gordon Haverland, B.Sc. M.Eng. President 101 9504 182 St. NW Edmonton, AB, CA T5T 3A7 780/481-8019 ghaverla @ freenet.edmonton.ab.ca 780/993-1274 (alt.)
