Hey, hey JFL aka Kenneth, Loosen up!! All the migrations we have seen or heard of (sometimes covering whole cities) took place whether the MCSE's agreed or not. When a steamroller is moving, either you are on it or you are part of the road, let those MCSE's make their choice. And did I hear that the final decision makers regarding MTN are in SA? And of Uganda and SA, who adopted a more OSS friendly stand first? Who knows, they could still be running M$ because they didn't think there was enough support for OSS in .ug!! Guys, I still would go for James' suggestion, Semat may not be able to get the bigwigs attention well enough, but someone with the right credentials speaking in the right ears definately can. No offense Semat, by credentials, I mean the ability to sign support contracts, guarantee response times and all that. You threw that away the day you joined. If it ever goes through, you will be part of the supported:-) Will someone for heaven's sake take a shot at this?
On Wednesday 27 April 2005 12:30, JFL wrote: > I agree. > Even if one were to demonstrate the advantages of opensource to the > local office, any change in IT policy would have to go through so many > layers of bureaucracy that by the time this policy change recieved the > attention of the powers that be down in SA, > all the certified MCSEs will be fighting to retain their jobs. I mean, > why would you need them when your organisation is going opensource. > Then there is the issue of how much M$ stands to lose when such a > large corporate organisation drops its products. They will probably > come out with guns blazing in defence of their products. > > On 4/27/05, Mark Tinka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Monday 25 April 2005 13:35, JFL wrote: > > > This is typical of any large organisation.They always look at the > > > details, not that we dont, but for them, its more about the fear of > > > losing money due to unreliable service than lack of appreciation of > > > the application. > > > If you presented your case with the support of one of the list members > > > who is in bed with Novell/SuSE or became one of the OpenExchange > > > partners (http://www.openexchange.com/EN/partner/), you could have a > > > stronger case. > > > > But there are also deeper-rooted relationships that cannot be undone by > > the goodness of a single package (read: UNIX better than M$), and many > > times, they boil down to one guy in the organisation that influences both > > the hand of the CEO as well as the vendor. > > > > Sometimes, things like these are political, and in many corporate > > environments, the way to getting change is not how much you know, but how > > friendly and close you get to those that make the changes - > > relationships. > > > > Mark. > > > > > Then again, you probably dont have the time to spend chasing a > > > dinosour and if its already working, why fix it. > > > > > > On 4/25/05, Noah Sematimba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Monday 25 April 2005 01:27, JFL wrote: > > > > > Hopefully they can be introduced to similar applications that are > > > > > available from the the open source communiry. > > > > > > > > In your dreams. Wire can testify of my drive to introduce > > > > OpenExchange and my dismal failure... The problem is always "do we > > > > get a support contract, phoe numbers to call, etc?" > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Noah. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >---- > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >----- --------------------------- "coffee does not make you nervous. > > > > your own inadequacies do that. coffee merely increases your > > > > perception of your own inadequacies." --Rob Austein -- ************************************************************************ Lule George William (Mr) Network and Systems Administrator Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi P.O. Box 5498 Kampala Uganda /* The only reason some people are alive is because it is illegal to shoot them */ _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
