Vaguely on topic: is the government to blame for the monistic attitude to Microsoft Operating Systems and software - I heard the government buys licences from MS for every school in the country. Can someone confirm that?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Cheetham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 25 February 2004 12:32 p.m. > To: canterbury linux users group > Subject: RE: "Everyone" uses it Was:Church opensource. > > > On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 11:55, Don Gould wrote: > > It's easy to get finance for hardware.... software on the > other hand. > > Everyone's using Microsoft Power Point for a reason in New Zealand. > > Are they? > > <rant temperature="moderate"> > > It would be more accurate to say that "everyone" is using it for a > lack-of reason ... they don't know there is an alternative, they think > that "everyone" is using "whatever it is", and obviously > "everyone" must > be right. > > "We" know there is an alternative - in fact there are many > alternatives. > "We" also believe that most of these alternatives are > superior in almost > every respect - OOo is "free", KeyNote is prettier (that's > expensive Mac > software, BTW). > > However, as long as people don't supply alternatives, "everyone" will > continue to render unto Gates that which should not be his. > > (The supply chain will not supply free software alternatives. They are > only interested in supplying things that they can see a profit margin > on, and there are few exceptions because most people in the IT supply > chain are basically unskilled at customer relationships other than > short-term profiteering) > (Yes, there are some exceptions. Support them in preference to their > competition.) > > </rant> > > -jim > >
