[Sussex] newham council and the linux trials.

[Tony Austin]

Simon

In view of this, I guess we would be _completely_ wasting our time writing
to them.

Tony

> Sorry, I couldn't quote my original comment, but think that it was "is
> this a cop out?"
>
> The original story about Newham pulling out of the linux trials for
> reasons of cost and migration now (well IMO) seem to be a little hollow.
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/35063.html seem to be the
> evidence of that. It would appear that it was more of a case of publicly
> pleading poverty to manipulate the situation.
>
> Personally, the IT bloke at Newham seems to be just another of those
> "anti-open source" types, who couldn't be bothered, or maybe plain just
> doesn't like the alternatives to MS products.
>
> If, in financial terms, the cost per seat (whether the facility is
> actually charged per seat or not) worked out cheaper using Linux/open
> source, then surely the allegded additional cost of migration  i.e. the
> training and short term drop in productivity of Newham's computer using
> staff, would be worth it, if, for no other reason, reducing reliance on
> MS, given their record for price increases and other over bearing and
> monopolistic behaviour.
>
> It's fair to say, that I could very easily be "far off the mark" but
> having taken account of both the original story of "them" pulling out of
> the linux trials, and the resulting linked story, things just don't seem
> to "ring true", and I for one, don't believe in coincidence.
>
> regards
>
> John D.
>
>
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Regards.

Tony Austin
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