Re: [Scottish] Cost of M$ in councils.

2011-01-28 Thread Colin Speirs
Hi Dan On 28 January 2011 07:24, Dan Shearer d...@shearer.org wrote: From the perception that Windows is free the line of reasoning follows that the bar for Linux is a lot higher, because Windows is compatible with everything currently in use. Thus Linux is introducing cost for no

Re: [Scottish] Cost of M$ in councils.

2011-01-28 Thread John Thomson
Hi, Just to let you know, I could do with some help compiling all the data, as some is in email, some PDF's and some in an online spreadsheet (google gocs). Also, as someone said (sorry, don't have my usual mail client and can't remember, who, I'm running from pendrive), this could be creative

Re: [Scottish] Cost of M$ in councils.

2011-01-28 Thread Colin Speirs
hey As fr the guy who said that only the IT staff would need re-trained, I have a figure, quoted from a councilor (in a related, but not identical incident) that retraining the technical support team (this is for schools) would cost in the tens of thousands., That was me quoting. The

Re: [Scottish] Cost of M$ in councils.

2011-01-27 Thread Colin McKinnon
On Wednesday 26 January 2011 04:45:19 pm Marcel Hecko wrote: I was actually expecting this number to be much higher. Is this only software license costs which are accounted into the amount, or is this including support and mainetnance fees? It that a flat rate, or monthly/yearly cost? I would

Re: [Scottish] Cost of M$ in councils.

2011-01-27 Thread Dan Shearer
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 04:28:36PM +, John Thomson wrote: For the past 3 or so weeks, I have requested details on how much local councils all over the UK have been spending on software, compared to how many computers they use. That's a really interesting project. From my enquiries, it

Re: [Scottish] Cost of M$ in councils.

2011-01-26 Thread Marcel Hecko
I was actually expecting this number to be much higher. Is this only software license costs which are accounted into the amount, or is this including support and mainetnance fees? It that a flat rate, or monthly/yearly cost? I would love to see other inputs/outcomes of the project you are

Re: [Scottish] Cost of M$ in councils.

2011-01-26 Thread Keith Wyse
On 26 January 2011 16:28, John Thomson m...@johnthomson.me.uk wrote: Hi, I'm new to this mailing list, but I just want to mention a project I am working on. For the past 3 or so weeks, I have requested details on how much local councils all over the UK have been spending on software,