Basically it smacks of politicians trying to make decisions regarding technology when they do not fully understand with what they are dealing.
There's a sucker born every minute...if anyone believes that M$ is giving anything away, they need to see me about some land in the Everglades, or better yet a bridge in the vicinity of Brooklyn. -K On Saturday 17 August 2002 12:10, you wrote: > Does this article have a faint air of unreality about it... > > > Eventually, he added, the city will have to purchase > > software from the company, but he said it would be a > > "minuscule" expense. > > < snip > > > > Meffert estimated the city will save $100 million by > > accepting "the gift" of Microsoft's help and software. > > So $100M is "minuscule" ??? let's face it ... assuming that they install > W2K Server, then the city will be faced with "upgrading" to XP server in > the future, and of course will need to purchase "support" contracts for all > the stuff that they are getting free today. The idea here is that if M$ > give away $100M today then they will get it back in the future ... and of > course can write off the "gift" against current income, thus reducing their > taxes. > > > The news comes one week after the administration canceled > > a $1.5 million contract awarded last year to modernize the > > Police Department's record-keeping. Meffert, who has been > > working for weeks on the Microsoft deal, recommended the > > contract cancellation after saying the job could be done > > for less than $100,000. > > But of course they will probably need to buy a whole slew of new PC's to > run this new MS software on so I'd guess it's pigs to the trough for the > cities favorite PC source... Ah, but that expense is probably in a > different budget... > > Edmund Cramp > -- > http://www.emgsrus.com/graffiti.htm > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > > Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] and NOLA.com > > Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 11:29 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [brlug-general] Check out this page on NOLA.com > > > > > > Dear BRLUG: > > > > Kory Wnuk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) thought you would be interested > > in this item from NOLA.com. > > > > http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/neworleans/index.ssf?/newsstory/o_mic > > rosoft16.html > > > > Kory Wnuk says: > > Wha...wha..what!? It appears that NO is taking a major step > > backwards. It would be interesting to see the agreement between > > NO and M$. > > > > ______________________________ > > Want more news and info from NOLA.com? > > Subscribe to My Newsletters and get > > FREE e-mail updates delivered to your inbox. > > > > http://www.nola.com/info/subscribe.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
