Quoting Richard Ibbotson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
but you gotta give it to them, they have done wonders with software
and computers...
Okay .. fine :)
such a pity our political leaders aren't actually smart enough to
figure out how they have done it.... but they don't mind spending
our hard earned money on some wining and dining and partying to try
to figure it out....
Sounds like Mr Brown ... better get back to some Linux now ...
Hey.. don't get me wrong... I'm all into the dining and partying
anywhere in the world I find myself at the time.... I'm actually more
guilty than most... and I make no apologies for it.... :-)
Actually my point is that more Australians should do it... and work
together way more than we have in the past....
I really admire the way the British Government works hand in hand with
British Industry. They'll go drinking together and have pissups
anywhere unashamed.... does our Government work the same way with
Australian Industry ? I don't think so......
Same with the Germans... Industry and Government work very hand in hand...
in India it is even more so.... and what I was saying was that it has
got them somewhere...
so who are the drinking partners of *our* political leaders - it's
usually none of us.
But put me to the test....
try to get a meeting about Australian Linux with the NSW GCIO...
Government Chief Information Office....
Chances are you'll be bounced over to another office.... then back...
then around.....
come on... facts are.... NSW Government has no interest in local Linux...
Ever listened to British Government people talk about how proud they
are that Ubuntu is London based ?
Fact is - if Australian business offered the same number of glasses of
champagne that Australian Government officials received abroad - we'd
be locked up by ICAC for the rest of our lives....
So yes - work on Linux - good idea. But be very careful about how you
do it in Australia. Because how it is done in other countries will run
you the risk of some serious jail time here in Australia...
Compared to Bangalore, NSW is still a penal colony when it comes to
business...
Guess that is why our poli's are finally waking up to the fact that
those places are actually not all that bad places to be...
I'll work on Linux... but not with my eyes closed... way too dangerous
here in Australia....
David
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