Hello All! I have a last minute question on how to prepare for a meeting tomorrow
Tuesday 2pm Pacific Standard time. PLEASE RESPOND SOON! I work as a biostatistician for a hospital and when I started working there I requested a computer with a GNU+Linux OS. My request was promptly denied, because IT said they simply do not support Unix. But TOMORROW, there will be a meeting with the following objective: Discuss request for Providing a GNU+Linux operating system for a caregiver that will be using statistical software. The Principle IT engineer wrote this email in anticipation of the meeting: Greetings, I have passed information about this meeting to the manager of the Unix Server Operations team in case he wants to get anyone involved. I am also very concerned about the management and security of such a one off device. Given the network nature of Unix/Linux is there any reason that a Linux client server couldn't be provided instead with an X Windows Server provided on the Windows laptop to connect and utilize software that is installed (and hopefully managed) on the server? While this is overkill for a single user I suspect that there are a lot more users in the various informatics departments that might welcome such a service. I hope this helps stir up some ideas. Principle IT Engineer My background is in mathematics/statistics, but I am a supporter of Free Software because of all the good reasons why Free Software is what it is. I do not have any technical background with regard to servers, server client, network, etc and so I feel I will struggle with explaining why I made this request, why I think this is a good OS for serving our patients, and why it would be good for the long run to support GNU+Linux OS computers. My question for the Libre community is: How do I present my case for tomorrow to explain why it is beneficial for IT at this hospital to have support caregivers that wish to work on a computer with a GNU+Linux OS? Please help! Thank you! Crista
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