[SLUG] Re: Scarborough Digest, Vol 151, Issue 2

[Bob Garrood]

On Thursday 14 September 2006 12:15, John wrote
> The vibrant exciting and yummy new innovative leading- and
> cutting-edge, DS website's up <http://www.digitalscarborough.org/>.
>
> "Windows Vista can help your organisation to use information
> technology to gain a competitive advantage in today’s new world of
> work."
>
> Pretty good, as it's not out yet. Apparently it'll make computing more
> beautiful.
>


There is a reference to Linux and open source on the website, under News feeds 
in the menu.  Some of the references are empty, but from Slashdot they 
selected this item:

'Vista to Create 50,000 Jobs in Europe 
 prostoalex writes "A Microsoft-sponsored study found that Vista will be a 
boon to European economy, as it 'will create more than 50,000 technology jobs 
in six large European countries and will lead to a flood of economic benefits 
for companies there,' News.com reports. Europe will see a total of 1.2 mln 
paychecks thanks to the new operating system: 'In the six countries studied, 
more than 150,000 IT companies will produce, sell or distribute products or 
services running on Windows Vista in 2007 and will employ 400,000 people, IDC 
said. Another 650,000 will be employed in the IT departments of businesses 
that rely on Vista.'"' 

Thinking this somewhat selective, I tracked the article down to 
http://slashdot.org/ .  Of the comments I liked best:
 
"Vista to destroy 50,000 jobs in Europe

Due to the cessation of Windows XP, hordes of people employed to manage, fix 
and repair systems based around Windows XP will lose their jobs.

Luckily they are mostly expected to get jobs managing, fixing and repairing 
Windows Vista systems."

"That's like saying hurricane Katrina was a boon to the New Orleans economy, 
as it instantly created thousands of search & rescue, demolition, rebuilding 
and emergency management jobs."



We could ask DS to include a reference to our website on their suoer new one.

Bob