>> This is the way things are going to go as outsourcing becomes the
>> norm and unless councils find a good reason to adopt FLOSS (and cost >> doesn't seem to be one, despite what we're told about making >> savings), it isn't going to change. > > Cost is one reason - it's more expensive to support a Linuxy desktop > than a Windows one, generally, and by more than the cost of a heavily > discounted Windows license. > > Windows support is easier to find and Windows people are cheaper. > > -- > Avi > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Having started my IT career a long (long) time ago I remember there used to be a saying "No one evers gets sacked for buying IBM". I think the same maxim applies these days if you substitute MS for IBM. (Having said that I'd still happily sack them if I could!) George -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
