In a message dated: 31 May 2002 10:38:14 EDT Kevin D. Clark said:
>PS http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/150/business/Linux_gains_in_government+.shtml "Until recently, Linux filtered into US government computers through system administrators who simply installed it because it is cheap." I object and disagree with this statement. I believe that Linux filtered into the US govt through sysadmins, but it had little to do with cost. Rather, it is far more likely that is has to do with the facts that: - it worked far better than anything they *currently* had - they didn't need to go through the insane procurement cycle to get it - they could it get faster than anything which required going through the insane procurement cycle - and it ran on the otherwise obsolete systems which would require replacing were they to use anything else. - if they chose anything else, they would be forced through the insane procurement cycle not once, but twice, once for the sw, once for hw. Okay, so, maybe utimately it did save a *huge* amount of taxpayer money by going with Linux, but personally, I think the initial decision was motivated out preservation of what little sanity they had left more than anything :) -- Seeya, Paul ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
