On Tue, 11 May 2010 12:59:54 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard <[email protected]> dijo:
>On Tue, 11 May 2010, Jim Karlock wrote: > >> Here's an odd one out of the Portland fire bureau. They're going on a >> fishing expedition to see if they can find somebody to convert the >> bureau computer system from some homegrown products created using a >> now-obsolete Microsoft program to open source software. But they're >> not even offering a contract at this point -- they just want some >> free advice in the form of "information" to be submitted by >> potential future contract bidders. > > So, you tell them "yes, it can be done and it will cost less than > the Water Bureau paid for their new system." How's that for > information? Add: And, unlike the Water Bureau's new system, it will actually work. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
