That's been my experience as well. Before working here at a state-funded
U, I spent some 12 years in the private sector, at 3 large
corporations, one financial, one telecom, and one energy. The degree of
non-nonchalance in spending huge amounts of $$$ compared to the
shoe-string budgets here at a public institution is staggering. It was a
huge change of culture for me when I arrived here.
Steve_Domarski/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Not wanting to mention the politics but it is a huge mistaken belief that
privatizing government is efficient use of tax dollars. Not in this case.
In the short and long term me and my associate could have rewritten the
application using freeware from any number of platforms in the same time
period that the vendor in planning to implement their custom solution.
Mainframe not withstanding.
Steve Domarski 352-368-8350
Property Appraisers Office Marion County Florida USA
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Average minds discuss events.
Small minds discuss people. " - Admiral Hyman Rickover
