There is the matter of the Oracle license fee, any guesses how much that contract would be worth? There must have been a substantial hardware cost too.
On 5/21/07, Alwyn Schoeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sorry, but open source != huge budget, not at the service levels they > are achieving. > So I would assume 99% of the budget went into pockets. > > > On 5/21/07, Jeff Mutonho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 5/21/07, Boniface Kabaso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Just want to ask a question about the eNatis. I was listening on the > radio > > > while driving home to the eNatis guy saying something like they have > > > increased their server capacity and that it should sort out the current > > > problems they are experiencing. They actually had to take the system > offline > > > to do that! It struck me like they were having some serious scalability > > > issues and just wondered why these tests were not made during > development > > > considering the budget they had. > > > > > > Anyway, just out of curiosity, does anybody on this forum know what > > > technology is behind eNatis, ie J2EE, .NET, CORBA or some proprietary > > > client/server or internet technology? > > > > > > For those that have been too busy hacking away at your projects to > notice > > > what is going on, eNatis is the Government's new electronic national > traffic > > > information system that is supposed to solve most of the problems in the > > > traffic department that deal with vehicle registration and all, bringing > in > > > benefits like transactions processing through ATMs and the internet. > > > > > > Boniface > > > > > > > > Does the following point you in the right direction? > > > > > 1)http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jsp?forum=83&thread=222641 > > > > 2)"Vorster explains eNatis is based on "free and open source software" > > and the "open source footprint of the project is constantly > > increased". Familiar software includes Java and RedHat Enterprise > > Linux as the operating system for application servers in the data > > centre and disaster recovery centre, as well as in the fault-logging > > system, and JasperReports as report-generating technology." > > > > > (http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/business/2007/0704231035.asp?S=IT%20in%20Government&A=ITG&O=FRGN > ) > > > > > > > > > > "Don't take the name of root in vain." > > > > Jeff Mutonho > > Cape Town > > South Africa > > > > GoogleTalk : ejbengine > > Skype : ejbengine > > Registered Linux user number 366042 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Alwyn Schoeman > > > > > -- Brian Silberbauer Consultant +27 (0)83 566 2705 skype: brian.silberbauer --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CTJUG Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CTJUG-Forum For the ctjug home page see http://www.ctjug.org.za -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
