>On 11 Apr 2000 Rachel Polanskis said: > >> This already happened to me. >> I volunteered some time to the local highschool. >> ... > >I had hoped Linux was over this sort of sanctimonious >and egotistical whining. NT consultants aren't the only >ones who charge $100+ p/h and nor are all Linux consultants >cluey, particularly in the last couple of years. >I also think it is idealistic and naieve to think a company >will only run with one horse, ie NT *or* Linux, not both. > >You also seem to be failing to understand the perspective >of schools; they are allocated a certain budget to spend on >IT each year, and if they don't spend it, they'll get less >next year and parents will consider them to be "behind". >And generally they have no idea how to spend it. >A guy at Monash has written a very good paper about this. > >To quote Jamie Zawinski, "Linux is only free if your time >has no value". ------------------------------------------------------------ Free Email by Australians for the World from AUSI.COM at http://ausi.com Special TRAVEL offers Air New Zealand WORLDWIDE http://www.airnz.com.au/au.htm -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the text
