Geez, guys - get a life... It's called HUMOR !!!
Like Ann, I have had a large-ish involvement with DoE, and I stand by my previous comment - the large portion of the Departmental staff have NO understanding of technology, and more importantly don't WANT to understand it... Hell, they have "jobs for life", why make waves ? Personally, any education we could give them would be very worthwhile - but don't expect miracles, and certainly not overnight..... Hence my comment about "thought and planning" - don't forget, we (SLUG, or the Linux community at large) don't have the $$$ that M$ do to blind them with, so any argument we can mount will have to be logical, well-defined, and achievable without a degree in rocket science..... Otherwise we'll get walked all over... Sure, you will get individual schools, where the staff are Linux-aware, on-side (Orange High is one such), but the majority will just toe the Departmental line - I've even heard from one school that they were told whatever money from their allocation they DIDN'T spend on Microsoft licences would be removed from the next allotment... That's the sort of mentality we have to deal with - and it's on two levels... 1. Back end - servers, administrative databases, etc. Largely "set and forget" stuff. 2. Workstation / desktop - familiar look and feel, minimal learning curve, and functional. It goes without saying that we will have more success with 1 than 2, at least in the short term. I'm open to suggestions / discussions on how we can achieve this, or at least get our collective feet in the door(s). Jon P.S. Maybe a cricket bat instead ??? > > I think this is a great opportunity to get a government department to > > listen, so could be dispense with the flippancy and turn to something more > > constructive. A close acquaintance of mine launched this initiative so > > "carpe diem". > > Thanks Howard, that was the possibly-too-subtle point of my query. :-) > > Would you and said acquaintance be available to meet with the SLUG committee > at some stage in the next week? > > Thanks, > > - Jeff > > -- > Echidnas, or at least the ones I've met, don't have joy. Adults very > rarely have joy. Kids have hyperkinetic nuclear joy in abundance. > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
