Martin Visser <[email protected]> writes:
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 9:43 AM, lloyd <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Apart from Heracles, does anyone know who marketed Linux & FOSS to the NSW
>> Department of Education prior to this decision? This is obviously relevant
>> to statements about "Linux not compete". I think we can be sure that the
>> competition to Linux were backed by substantial if not huge marketing
>> expenditure.
>
> I know for certain that at least one major vendor did have Linux as a
> key part of their bid for this tender. I would be very surprised if
> there were not more than one.
There have certainly been a number of bids based around FOSS into
Victorian government over the years; in my previous role I was
intimately involved in several.
So, yes, they do actually happen.
Regards,
Daniel
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