I was there and it was very interesting to see what is being said about OSS in the corporate-type setting.
The seminar was mainly for Govt depts and so political discussion was avoided until the end of the day and eve then it was pretty mild. The only speaker that was really negative about OSS was... guess ;-/ But even he wouldn't all out slag it off because then he would have lost credibility. ComputerWorld has more or less accused us of wimping out and not really "hooking into" the M$ guy. http://computerworld.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/4EFB6A2E16B720DCCC256D7800828E4A!opendocument I don't think that would have achieved much. It would have probably just alienated the suits that we want to like us. :-) On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 10:02, Jason Greenwood wrote: > http://computerworld.co.nz/webhome.nsf/NL/EEA8DAEB7CF317F6CC256D74007A26D2 > > Monday, 4 August, 2003 > > Open source day for govt IT chiefs > Microsoft pitches shared source against open > > > Stephen Bell and Anthony Doesburg, Wellington and Auckland > An open source consciousness-raising effort for government IT chiefs in > Wellington today will include a Microsoft effort to define terms. > > Microsoft, IBM, Sun and the Open Source Society are expected to be > represented at the event, which is being staged by Govis, the government > IT managers’ forum. According to organiser Mike Pearson, the event has > attracted about 80 people, well up on the usual 50 or so attendees. -- Zane Gilmore, Analyst / Programmer Information Services Section, Information Technology Dept, University of Canterbury - Te Whare Waananga o Waitaha Private Bag 4800, Christchurch New Zealand Phone +64-3-364 2987 extn 7895
