Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
This one time, at band camp, Howard Lowndes wrote:
The NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) may increase the
penetration of Linux on its 165,000 desktop fleet because open source is
"clearly an industry trend".
Because it's trendy? Yeesh! I couldn't think of a WORSE reason to make
a specific technology decision. That's worse than "nobody ever got
sacked for choosing... (IBM/MS/Java)".
But this is how many people make decisions in areas that they are not
knowledgeable in. Once x is trendy then a generic manager will listen to
advice suggesting x, before that many will not move outside known/safe.
Ken
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