Hello All, I want to give a BIG THANK YOU to the LibrePlanet community for rising up to answer my call for help. Your advice and knowledge helped me prepare for presenting my case for why I believe using a GNU+Linux OS is beneficial for my position as a biostatistician, and the healthcare system over all.
I will write a more detailed email soon letting you know how the meeting went. Thank you again! Free the Future, Crista ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Monday, January 13, 2020 7:49 PM, lily via libreplanet-discuss <libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
