Silvia Pfeiffer wrote:
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Marghanita da Cruz
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Perhaps a change of government could improve things.
We have had a change of government (and note: we have been talking
federally on this thread all the time). The new government stopped a
<snip>
I think that we should give this government and this review a chance
to get it right and I think we should contribute constructively to
getting it right, instead of already bashing an activity that hasn't
even started yet. I you're one of those people who throw up their arms
in the air and claim defeat before even having tried to make a
constructive change, I don't want to hear from you. (This is not a
reply to Marghanita, but rather towards the way in which this thread
has been received both on the SLUG and the LA mailing lists).
Sylvia,
If people bother to reply to you, they are not claiming defeat, just
questioning whether it is worthwhile putting any effort into another government
enquiry - particularly one labelled "innovation". Saying your not interested in
viewpoints that may diverge from your enthusiasm for this enquiry doesn't
encourage any positive input what so ever.
By the way the chair of the committee who wrote this report was Brand Hoff of
Tower Software
<http://www.acs.org.au/publication/docs/ICTSMEJWP-IndustryReportFINAL.pdf>
<http://www.towersoft.com/global/News+and+Events/News+Room/Press+Releases/HP+acquires+TOWER+Software/>
Marghanita
...and for good measure one I drafted in 1998.
Submission on Ministerial Council Statement - Towards an Australian Strategy
for the Information Economy
<http://www.ramin.com.au/marg/acssub.html>
This sounds like constructive input and I will have a look. Thanks a
lot for that pointer.
Best Regards,
Silvia.
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