__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 18 April 2007 18:28 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Australian state snubs Linux and Vista for 100,000 PCs
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Talk about new desktop operating systems may be at an all-time high,
>>| but the government of Australian state Queensland has no intention
>>| to progress from the six-year-old Windows XP for more than 100,000
>>| computers to be purchased over the next three years.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.techworld.nl/idgns/2963/australian-state-snubs-linux-and-vista-for-100000-pcs.html
>>
>> More parts of Australia do not seem to be satisfied with Vista.
>
> Their IT tendering people appear to have their heads in the sand here -
> they're going out to tender for Windows XP machines, but they already
> have them! I know it's easier to avoid making a decision, but replacing
> what you already have with something which does precisely the same thing
> is probably the biggest waste of public money imaginable. I wonder if
> the general public in Queensland will find out how their tax money is
> being wasted, and if so, will push for some free software? How can
> government be based on Windows? It's a ridiculous remark - computers
> are tools, they do not set the agenda.
They ought to look at all those article that come wfrom Australia. One of
them spoke about an E-mail disaster quite recently (it was Microsoft
Exchange).
[Australia:] WA infrastructure dept close to e-mail disaster
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| Western Australia's Department of Planning and Infrastructure (DPI)
| has revealed its Microsoft Exchange-based e-mail system is
| suffering frequent outages that are creating a risk of
| embarrassing public data loss.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/WA_infrastructure_dept_close_to_e_mail_disaster/0,130061791,339274592,00.htm
http://tinyurl.com/395b26
How about all those stories about hijacked servers, millions of people whose
sensitive information reaches criminals, and general paranoia in sustaining
and maintaining a Windows-based environment (endless patching of 0-day
critical flaws)? It's madness. The government must be in Microsoft pocket,
just like BECTA. Didn't they recently write some laws to please Mr. Gates?
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