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London Council Ditches Linux Plans
Talkback It is amazing that one place can find Linux more expensive, risky or just won't work. Or that they can find a million reasons why Linux won't work. Yet Ernie Ball just down the street finds Linux working great, of lower cost, and completely...
[February 10, 2004, 20:48]
London Council Ditches Linux Plans
Talkback From Newham council web site http://apps.newham.gov.uk/democracy/mayor/Myviewoct.htm Newhams mayor visited the US recently.with friends.someone else picked up all expenses. Sounds dodgy. Looks like money changed hands after all.
[January 13, 2004, 13:11]
London Council Ditches Linux Plans
Talkback I see. No doubt it was rational arguments of this sort that won the day for Microsoft. I am sure Mr Steel will be glad to have such a formidable intellectual force amongst his supporters. Pity you missed the fact that he didn't say there was...
[January 9, 2004, 0:35]
London Council Ditches Linux Plans
Talkback George Lazarette :" But it is either corrupt or stupid for a borough like Newham to use Microsoft when there are better and cheaper/free alternatives. Here we go again. Yet more vitriol from the loony left, Microsoft hating linux fundamentalist...
[January 8, 2004, 22:04]
London Council Ditches Linux Plans
Talkback But it is either corrupt or stupid for a borough like Newham to use Microsoft when there are better and cheaper/free alternatives. You have clearly not used modern versions of Linux on the desktop, or seen how good Open Office is.
[January 8, 2004, 16:07]
London Council Ditches Linux Plans
Talkback Its amazing how the hatred of Microsoft clounds normally rational judgement to the point that any decision in their favour is discounted out of hand as corrupt or stupid.
[January 8, 2004, 14:38]
London Council Ditches Linux Plans
Talkback This is outrageous to pay £3m of taxpayer’s money when the cost could be avoided. How big is Newham IT department and what qualifications Richard Steel holds? If Richard Steel and Co can’t do their job right the council should outsource the job.
[January 8, 2004, 10:43]
London Council Ditches Linux Plans
Talkback is this decision in relation of the support to irak war and M$ paid large amount of money to bush campaign ? I don't believe that.futur will judge the decision
[January 8, 2004, 9:34]
London Council Ditches Linux Plans
Talkback There are several possible explanations for this: Newham really does have an extraordinarily complex and badly designed computer setup that would take years to unravel, so they are better off sticking to the status quo.
[January 8, 2004, 9:14]
London Council Ditches Linux Plans
Talkback It doesn't look like the strongest negotiaion stance to tell Microsoft that it doesn't have any competition.
[January 7, 2004, 20:29]
London Council Ditches Linux Plans
Talkback I don't think the tax payers will be greatful when they pay for the most unsecure , unstable and most hacked system in the world today. When the solution costs nada , nothing, zip , zero, 0.
[January 7, 2004, 13:01]
London Council Ditches Linux Plans
Talkback I don't buy it. I think it's more a case of "I think, therefore Bill Gates" here. People tend to get a bit upset when you try and make changes to their cosy little world and IT staff are no exception.
[January 7, 2004, 9:05]
London Council Ditches Linux Plans
Talkback "It is interesting to see how Microsoft has reacted in the last six months" - see Linux as a threat saves you money even if you don't end up using it!
[January 6, 2004, 22:17]
London Council Ditches Linux Plans
Talkback To anonymous New York Sales Person Typical Arrogant, Gutless Yank Wank, who hides behind an anonymous name and thinks the usa owns the world.
[August 13, 2004, 2:55]
London Council Ditches Linux Plans
Talkback .and now we have the great ASN.1 vulnerability that Microsoft did not wan to admit to for 200 odd days. Affecting all operating systems and having paths into them from multiple points. To the individual who stated that Microsoft operating systems...
[February 11, 2004, 19:54]
London Council Ditches Linux Plans
Talkback Lack of IT skills is the real problem with adaption of Linux and the problem propogates through the school system to university to corporate level where (MS) brand loyalty is taught and accepted as a matter of fact.
[February 11, 2004, 12:18]
London Council Ditches Linux Plans
Talkback Here's an idea! Let's just stop paying taxes and send all our spare cash directly to Redmond. This is where we are headed anyway, so let's just cut out the middle man.
[February 10, 2004, 21:22]
London Council Ditches Linux Plans
Talkback I hope they enjoy their choice of "vendor lockin".
[January 6, 2004, 21:22]
London Council Ditches Linux Plans
Talkback OK, Bribe may be too strong a word. Still think this country is an unimaginitive, piss poor shadow of itself seemingly full of people who are so scared to be held accountable for even the most minor of hitches that they'd rather carry on regardless.
[January 22, 2004, 21:52]
London Council Ditches Linux Plans
Talkback OK Lets see: Newham trials OSS and has viable plan in place. Gordon Brown invites Billionaire Bill Gates, a convicted monopolist and practiser of unethical and predatory business practises, to a conference on entrepenuership to give himself cred in...
[January 22, 2004, 21:38]
