Hi, thanks for the acknowledgement. Actually, it was my friend Bruce Ferrell in the US who found this link. I have a suspicion he spends every possible waking hour in front of a computer.
Anyhow, all that aside. Here is the big question. In what form and timescale will New Zealand transition to Linux? Now, further, Rik wrote:: > A loud & stimulating noise is required to bring the smarter alternatives > into view, and this is especially difficult in conservative bastions > like (in many ways) New Zealand, & especially Canterbury/Christchurch. > > Getting corporates like Oracle alongside the LUGs is a critical step > forward, educationally. So, what are the next steps for us to take? Install fests ? Yes, doing that. Online help systems? Yes doing that via email lists. Of some help, but maybe limited cause it can be hard to get started. Sadly, some lists have an attitude that is kindly described as "combative" Other lists (like this one) are good, with minimum flames. Writing articles for the press/listener? Derek. ================================================ On Wed, 14 Jul 2004, InfoHelp wrote: > Top find, thanks Derek. > > Derek Smithies wrote: > > >Hi > ><http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3577892&thesection=business&thesubsection=technology&thesecondsubsection=information> > > > >Opening paragraphs:: > > > > NZX - the New Zealand stock exchange - has become the first major New > >Zealand company to adopt the Oracle 10g database running on Red Hat Linux. > > > >Apart from being able to consolidate 21 databases into one, the new NZX > >system runs faster, more reliably and at less cost, says the company's > >tech team. > > > >One key query - searching the data on historical trades to identify > >maximum trade values - has been cut from 36 seconds to 0.03 seconds. > > > >Derek. > > > Especially pertinent is this bit: > > "Few New Zealand organisations have heeded the message so far, despite > the country's reputation for being both cost conscious and an early > adopter of technology. > > New Zealand's addiction to the Microsoft drug - seemingly low sticker > price, ready access to people with the necessary skills - means Linux > adoption seems to be slower in this country than elsewhere, especially > Asia. > > Oracle is trying to change that." > > In a nutshell - point & click, broadcast technology (& the shortfall in > teacher training) has kids hooked on mainstream decline. A loud & > stimulating noise is required to bring the smarter alternatives into > view, and this is especially difficult in conservative bastions like (in > many ways) New Zealand, & especially Canterbury/Christchurch. > > Getting corporates like Oracle alongside the LUGs is a critical step > forward, educationally. > > Rik > > > > > -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. This PC runs pine on linux for email IndraNet Technologies Ltd. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine ph +64 3 365 6485 Please do not notify me when (apparently) receiving a Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ windows virus from me......
