FYI. There are several new Truman committees studying how IT can be done better and (hopefully) cheaper. Software licensing is one area being reviewed.
Jim M On 1/18/09 12:16 PM, "Huan Truong" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm busy on T 7-9PM, W 5PM+, so I prefer to have the meeting on R or F > evenings. > > IMHO free software is getting more and more attention from the masses - > thanks to the netbook market, so this is a very good time we can do > something. What is "something" really depends on how we plans to > organize it. > > Also, about my thoughts on Truman budget cut, we're not spending a small > amount of money for software licenses - some of which are not used very > efficiently, such as having the whole Windows-MS office suite-Adobe > Acrobat Pro for *every* computer, some of which don't get used at all, > some are used just for Word and e-mail (while (Linux /) oOo/go-oo / > evolution / PDF Creator ... can do as well) So that's also something we > can think about. > > - Huan T. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > To get off this list, send email to [email protected] > with Subject: unsubscribe > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim McNabb, Interim IT Technical Director Truman State University / SunGard Higher Education 100 E. Normal, Kirksville MO 63501 Tel 660-785-4163, Cell 660-341-7622, Fax 660-785-7632 [email protected] http://www.truman.edu http://www.sungardhe.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- To get off this list, send email to [email protected] with Subject: unsubscribe -----------------------------------------------------------------
