> On Monday 08 January 2007 13:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Not the commonality I was thinking of... >> >> keep trying, I don't buy a beer for just anyone! > > Ah! In that case it must be that a ( possibly erstwhile ) list member > worked for Air NZ and Selwyn County, but not the Housing Corp.
Thats close enough for me, the person is Chris Hellyar, who recently re-appeared on the list. > > Also I have just remembered that RadioNZ's Web server runs the MyMatrix > CMS system which in turn uses Debian Linux, Apache, php, and > PostgreSQL. > Actually I think the point is not really the use of linux in servers (which is almost a given in many circumstances) but use of Open Data Standards, and software that supports such standards. Its the ability to divorce yourself from, and not be held to ransom by, any particular software vendor or format writer. Anyone tried opening a MS Works document lately?
