On Sat, 16 Mar 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have only just started to think > seriously about a course of action to take but one thing is clear, > SOMETHING must be done. The waste of taxpayer money on proprietary > products, especially in support of a proven illegal monopoly is > disgusting.
Taking action is nice but please bear in mind one important factor: The cost of acquiring commercial software is just part of the overall picture. One also need skills to support open software. These skills are neither cheap to acquire nor can it be done overnight. IMHO the current skills "pool" is not large enough for a large scale open software deployment. This means that IMHO pilot/small projects is what we should aim for the desktop and possible medium projects for the servers "room". Feel free to disagree with this opinion. :-) Cheers, -- Ryurick M. Hristev mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems Manager University of Canterbury, Physics & Astronomy Dept., New Zealand
