Today, Brian Nichols took some time to talk to me and what he said is mostly good news. If you want software freedom at LSU you can have it. There are no plans for centralized administrative control of GNU/Linux systems and there will be no problems connecting free systems to LSU's network. This policy and any technical problems that it causes are one more reason to migrate to free software.
Those of you who anticipate significant problems should use this policy as an excuse to set up GNU/Linux pilot programs if not full migration. Mr. Nichols did not get the email I sent the other day. He's given me another address to use and I will share his answers when I get them. On Wednesday 26 September 2007 3:09 pm, B. Estrade wrote: > On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 02:56:03PM -0500, willhill wrote: > > ...I hope Mr. Nichols will answer. > > If he does not, I can tell you that many people inside of ITS have been > fighting the good fight and working with him to make this as fair and > reasonable as possible. ?Hopefully knowing that will let you sleep at > night. > > > What I hope to get here is a technical understanding of the issue. ?That > > includes how it's really playing out in the field. ? > > > > On Wednesday 26 September 2007 2:08 pm, B. Estrade wrote: > > > You should contact the ITS IT Policy and Security Officer if you have > > > any questions. ?He is the horses mouth.
