To a certain extent you are right but the initial cost of training one's IT staff should always be part of the deployment of any new software. Although the skills don't exist now this does not mean that they cannot be created. The inertia of IT staff with a massive professional investment in M$ systems would probably be the major hurdle.
"Ryurick M. Hristev" wrote: > > 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 -- Zane Gilmore, Analyst / Programmer Information Services Section, Information Technology Dept, University of Canterbury Private Bag 4800 Christchurch New Zealand phone +64-3-364 2987 extn 7895 Fax 3642222
