On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Tarquin Mills wrote:
Derek wrote:
Hi Tarquin
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On another issue:
Can you give me a *very short* explaination as to why City College should switch to open source IT? We have a funding crisis at work and need to save money, so I've suggested we do this to the principle, but I really don't know much about it.
If you could point me at something not too tecky, I'd appreciate it.
[snip] Someone sent the above to me could you supply me something to give them. Thanks in advance. --
'funding crisis'
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. The potential hardware upgrades (due to incompatibilities), training for the existing sysadmins (assuming no non-windows experience currently) or the hiring of new sysops (plus redundancy for the old ones) would very likely be higher than the cost savings in the short term.
That's not what you asked for, but the chip Bill Gates installed in my head last night whilst asleep is doing it's job *very* well ;)
BenE