[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux for the State of Texas?

Steve Baker sjbaker1 at airmail.net
Fri Apr 19 13:39:12 CDT 2002


Dusty Matthews wrote:
> 
> I submitted a story to Slashdot too,...

Actually, /. was where I saw the story in the first place.  :-)

> We should really not stand for this. Open Source software is a perfect
> solution for government organisations. It is about time they wake up to the
> benifits of it.
> 
> As open source advocates, we cannot make the government switch over night,
> but we can wear on them and continue to lobby for the adoption of this kind
> of software, and maybe, over time, we will see a generation of enlightened
> public officials.

In some cases (eg our local school), they are simply unaware that there
are even other OS's in existance...let alone that they might be free.

"Oh - we thought all computers ran Windows"...gack!

Administrators are not computer experts and know little about the
alternatives - and the computer experts view continued use of Microsoft
products as job security.  If you are a Windoze guru and know little or
nothing about Linux, you are hardly likely to recommend a switch even if
there are good reasons to do so.

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