I presume because Microsoft never gives all details and they prefer to work in secrecy when in fact it should be public knowledge. The government ought to justify his choice, but our journalists just give us the minister's version of facts! Obviously they are happy because they are given a free business breakfast!!

I don't think that many in the government department depend on microsoft as such. Most teachers/workers were very reluctant to accept a laptop (this is a fact, just ask those who work in the ICT) not because it was Windows or whatever but because they felt that they were going to add an "extra" burden to their load of work.

I'm not a negative person at all (in fact I still believe that one day the government will have to change), but my experience with microsoft has made me highly suspicious when it comes to agreements. They use all nasty tricks! To believe that they have changed would mean that one is totally naive. What about smart city.....?????

I always insist to start with primary students. Most parents would buy their own children their first computer before crossing over to secondary school. At that age they are very willing to experiment. By the time they reach university age, they would have already become rigid as scientific data amply proves. To work with young people one does not start when they are sixteen or eighteen years old but rather when they are much younger.


Daniel

Raphael Borg Ellul Vincenti wrote:
Before presuming, we need facts.

Educations institutions have already toyed with Linux deployments as you yourself can vouch for. However, pushing Linux installations in departments which rely on old legacy systems which only work in Windows environments is difficult. Hence my question on who would be affected by this agreement. I would refrain from trolling about the subject and instead be a bit more constructive.

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On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Daniel <dan...@onvol.net> wrote:
I presume it's for all government sections. I'm terribly sorry if the government goes for such an expensive choice when money is surely the problem! Secondly, it's not the best choice on the market. Thirdly it would be tied to many conditions.

Daniel

Jean Azzopardi wrote:
If their intention is to distribute Windows 7 and Visual Studio among the students as they did in earlier years, I'm all for it :D 
It's like the MSDNAA initiative -great for the students.


On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Jean Azzopardi <lotrlordilli...@gmail.com> wrote:
If their intention is to distribute Windows 7 and Visual Studio among the students as they did in earlier years, I'm all for it :D

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:27 AM, Raphael Borg Ellul Vincenti <raph...@neo-tix.com> wrote:

Do you know if its an exclusive agreement and which government sections would be involved?

On Nov 11, 2009 7:08 AM, "Daniel" <dan...@onvol.net> wrote:

I have to inform you that the governments' intention is to sign another agreement with Microsoft.  I don't know if we stand a chance of changing his mentality...any ideas?

Daniel
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