RE: [fw-wiz] You'll never get fired for recommending IBM - sorry - Microsoft

From: Gregory Hicks (ghicks_at_cadence.com)
Date: 12/17/03

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    To: mjr@ranum.com
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 13:19:31 -0800 (PST)

    Marcus Ranum wrote:

    > From: "Marcus J. Ranum" <mjr@ranum.com>
    > Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 13:38:24 -0500
    >
    > MHawkins@TULLIB.COM wrote:
    [...snip...]
    >
    > And I really don't think people _are_ ignoring "monoculture"
    > arguments. Our own FEDERAL GOVERNMENT (embodied in
    > the guise of the National Science Foundation) just awarded a
    > $750,000 grant to CMU and University of New Mexico to
    > study "monocultures" and diversity in computing.
    >
    [...snip...]

    Along that same line...

    For your info...
    -------------------------------------
    URL: http://www.newsforge.com/software/03/12/17/1440223.shtml
     
    City of Austin pilot proves OpenOffice.org works

    Wednesday December 17, 2003 - [ 02:38 PM GMT ]
    Topics: Office Software , Open Source , Software
    By: Joe Barr

    The City of Austin recently completed a group of pilot studies on the
    use of open source software in its day-to-day business. According to a
    message posted this morning on the Austin LUG mailing list by Scott
    Brown, the results are in, and as a result, as many as 80% of the
    city's desktops will be migrating from Microsoft Office to
    OpenOffice.org.

    Brown noted in his email message that his department (Communications
    and Technology Management) will be the first to convert by uninstalling
    MS Office and putting OpenOffice.org in its place on about 300
    desktops. The city has more than 5,000 desktops in total.

    He also pointed out that not everyone can be converted yet because of
    one application (the City Council's Agenda Management System) that
    requires MS Office to run.

    Brown also told the mailing list that "Training programs and help desk
    support is being put in place so it looks like OO will be there for the
    long-term."

    More details to follow.
    -------------------------------------

    Regards,
    Gregory Hicks

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