27 Jun
2003
27 Jun
'03
10:10 a.m.
BenE mail@psychoferret.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
If it's as bad as that, then I would say open source may not be the answer. I see any switch to open source as providing long term benefits, not short term, as the phrase 'funding crisis' implies would be needed.
Sure there are some possible problems, but in the forseeable, FE funding is not going to improve, so it is better to take the hit now and start investing in computing rather than continue throwing money into the proprietary black holes. Some of the migration costs can be eased by moving over in stages, which is how schools I know about are doing it.
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