The big push in government at the moment (at least here in Canberra) is that Execs can fund what-ever they want OUT OF SAVINGS. Maybe the way to go is to find out the execs pet projects and show them that by implementing OSS they can then fund their as yet unfunded passion ;-)
A bit below the belt perhaps but it hits on the hip pocket nerve. From what I have seen that's about the only thing that these people react to. my 2c Ian Macintosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.klarity.com.au Gordon Keith wrote: > On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 11:05, Ann Moffatt wrote: > > craig i do see your points on cost, openness etc but believe me these > > arguments don't impress an exec whose own salary/status is > > proportional to his/her budget. > > > > if the costs you control are less you don't need to be paid so much!! > > > > wrong i know but its the way the world is unfortunately. you have to > > find reasons that will enhance the exec's status not diminish it!! > > A wonderful insight! > > I suppose a better argument would be that an OSS solution has a much > lower marginal cost for additional units (in hardware, software, and > administration) thus allowing a larger and more useful solution for the > same $. With increases in $ giving a much bigger increase in solution > than a proprietry platform. > > Regards > Gordon > > ---------- > For Link list information see http://sunsite.anu.edu.au/link/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
