Well done to Tarquin for getting an answer. It's a shame that the answer is mostly "we aren't going to tell you" with a side order of "we don't know" and "our advisors told us to" for dessert.
Here's my thoughts.
On 2003-09-15 09:54:43 +0100 Tarquin Mills speccyverse@ntlworld.com wrote:
As NCC has over 6,000 PC's and a wide range of servers we would need to undertake some further research into the number [...]
Can we try some more closed questions? I suggest asking:
What was the NCC's most recent BSA Software Audit Return and when will a copy be available to council taxpayers?
Which Microsoft licence plan is NCC on (eg Enterprise Agreement) and what is its total annual payment? Is it calculated by number of installed copies, by number of employees or by number of machines?
Which confidential commercial software arrangements is NCC party to? Are details available to councillors? To council taxpayers?
We have a huge range of applications, many of which are specifically designed to run on Windows desktops or servers.
When and by whom in NCC was the decision taken for NCC to pursue a single-vendor solution for operating systems?
Although the Linux user-base is growing, there are a limited number of companies doing application development for the operating system.
In a previous reply, the "limited number of companies doing application development" was stated as a reason against migration. Does NCC believe there are an unlimited (infinite) number of companies doing application development for its current operating system? [OK, I'm joking with this one...]
the cost of dealing with document compatibility issues when trying to share documents with other users running Microsoft Office.
What is the current cost to NCC of document compatibility issues when trying to share documents with users running other versions of Microsoft Office?
One of the reasons give above points to illegal activities by M$.
I'm dense this morning: are you talking about the Office bit?