On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 01:18:19PM +1000, Stephan Borg wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 13:04, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > Why Australian particularly? Is there something specific to the Australian > > environment which makes the decision as to whether to make the switch > > massively different to that of other countries? > > No, that's just the customer's preference.
Understandable, but I'd try and talk the customer out of wanting locals particularly. But Centrelink and a few other governmental bodies should be a good start. Have you tried appropriate google searches? I got a few, about IBM Australia, Centrelink, Dept of Veterans Affairs, amongst others. I also got a reference to an article in the Australian, which might give a few more details, and http://www.misweb.com/magarticle.asp?doc_id=20636&rgid=2&listed_months=0 gives some handwaving in that direction. Don't expect to get many hard numbers on anything, though. If your client is upset about that, ask them if they'd be happy giving the world at large significant details about their IT infrastructure. If they want anecdotes, I'm sure a lot of people here could give plenty, and I for one can discuss server migration 'til the cows come home. That's another thing you want to pin down - what are they migrating? Everything? All servers? Particular departments? - Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
