Jeff Waugh wrote:
quote who=Terry Collins
Note: Larger companies that can fulfill the difficult requirements may
contract (or employ) experts in the field to do the actual work. Not to
mention the market-building effects of a move like this.
Note may. Usually they build up
quote who=Terry Collins
IBM, Sun, Novell, HP, ???
Note that only one of these companies can provide everything listed in the
tender. :-)
- Jeff
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Jeff Waugh wrote:
quote who=Terry Collins
IBM, Sun, Novell, HP, ???
Note that only one of these companies can provide everything listed in the
tender. :-)
Really? Would you care to say which one you think can do it?
Hint, they are all *nix competent companies and they have all done
quote who=Terry Collins
IBM, Sun, Novell, HP, ???
Note that only one of these companies can provide everything listed in
the tender. :-)
Really? Would you care to say which one you think can do it? Hint, they
are all *nix competent companies and they have all done major tenders in
On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 09:39, Craige McWhirter wrote:
On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 06:03 +1000, Pia Smith wrote:
put together a panel of who would be appropriate. It might be a good
time to get together, look at all the requirements and put together a
matrix of skills in NSW. We already have a
From: Pia Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 09:39, Craige McWhirter wrote:
put together a panel of who would be appropriate. It might be a good
time to get together, look at all the requirements and
Do you think that being on the committee might give you a extra value
from what is offered? With more members coming in is 100x times going
to change to 10x?
I saw the cost is around $20 a year? so open skills has brought you
2000? the time spent doing what ever you need to do with openskills
On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 21:07, Ben de Luca wrote:
Do you think that being on the committee might give you a extra value
from what is offered?
Some extra value yes. Some of the work has come from meeting other
members.
With more members coming in is 100x times going
to change to 10x?
The
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From: Ben de Luca [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: SLUG [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SLUG] NSW Tender meeting
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 21:07:59 +1000
Do you think that being on the committee might give you a extra value
from
Terry Collins wrote:
In this case, they were satisfying for me, aka not of interest yet.
Phrases like;
guarantee any legal liability
only ten
provide all services
retraining resellers
etc.
It is a big fish market for overseas owned companies.
And the
The RFT looks like they are trying to source primes to handle large
projects. With out having to requiring companies to rebid on every
project.
I have dealt with a few larger government contracts and I cant see the
expertise in the community around slug to be able to fulfill the
requirements
quote who=Ben de Luca
The RFT looks like they are trying to source primes to handle large
projects. With out having to requiring companies to rebid on every
project.
I have dealt with a few larger government contracts and I cant see the
expertise in the community around slug to be able to
Absolutely, I seem to get the impression that a number of people are
considering trying to reply to the tender.
Note: Larger companies that can fulfill the difficult requirements may
contract (or employ) experts in the field to do the actual work. Not to
mention the market-building effects of
Jeff Waugh wrote:
...snip
Note: Larger companies that can fulfill the difficult requirements may
contract (or employ) experts in the field to do the actual work. Not to
mention the market-building effects of a move like this.
Note may. Usually they build up inhouse teams.
And the
quote who=Terry Collins
Note: Larger companies that can fulfill the difficult requirements may
contract (or employ) experts in the field to do the actual work. Not to
mention the market-building effects of a move like this.
Note may. Usually they build up inhouse teams.
You're being
Jeff Waugh wrote:
You're being amazingly defeatist, Terry.
The better news are that Enrtrepeneurs, and Linux
Specialist/Professionals/Practioneers together will
benefit in no uncertain terms doing what each
do best with the former planning, directing, and
controlling, and the latter getting on
Note may. Usually they build up inhouse teams.
try building up an inhouse team of Linux/OSS people it's a dreadful job,
I'm the Linux person in my company and we use Linux in a wide range of
things, It took ages to get someone to take over some of what I do, and
finding anymore good Linux
Further to Pia's announcement of the meeting about the NSW tender next week:
The venue:
ACS NSW offices
Level 4, 122 Castlereagh Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Ph. 02 9261 4411
Time: 14:00 - 15:30 Thursday 14th Oct 2004
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Dave Airlie wrote:
try building up an inhouse team of Linux/OSS people it's a dreadful job,
I'm the Linux person in my company and we use Linux in a wide range of
things, It took ages to get someone to take over some of what I do, and
finding anymore good Linux developers is quite a pita.. it took
Hi all,
I was thinking that it would be a good idea to have an open discussion
about this tender. I know a few people have already been taling about
it. All that has come out thus far is essentially a call to participate,
referencing what skillsets the government are looking for, and trying to
On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 06:03 +1000, Pia Smith wrote:
put together a panel of who would be appropriate. It might be a good
time to get together, look at all the requirements and put together a
matrix of skills in NSW. We already have a few directories online:
Sounds like OpenSkills -
admittedly i haven't been following this conversation but...
Openskills you have to pay for...
I find this a big turnoff and it's highly unlikely that I'd join.
Cheers,
Taryn
* Craige McWhirter [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thus:
On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 06:03 +1000, Pia Smith wrote:
put
On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 10:11 +1000, Taryn East wrote:
admittedly i haven't been following this conversation but...
Openskills you have to pay for...
I find this a big turnoff and it's highly unlikely that I'd join.
Do you mind me asking - what aspect of paying AUD 20 / year you find a
quote who=Taryn East
Openskills you have to pay for...
I find this a big turnoff and it's highly unlikely that I'd join.
SLUG is more expensive to join than OpenSkills. ;-)
- Jeff
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* Jeff Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thus:
quote who=Taryn East
Openskills you have to pay for...
I find this a big turnoff and it's highly unlikely that I'd join.
SLUG is more expensive to join than OpenSkills. ;-)
yeah, but you don't have to pay for SLUG to take advantage of most of
Taryn East wrote:
admittedly i haven't been following this conversation but...
Openskills you have to pay for...
Which isn't a problem if an old slugger can post the value of work they
have received from being listed in it.
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Terry Collins {:-)}}} email: terryc at woa.com.au www:
On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 11:25 +1000, Terry Collins wrote:
Taryn East wrote:
admittedly i haven't been following this conversation but...
Openskills you have to pay for...
Which isn't a problem if an old slugger can post the value of work they
have received from being listed in it.
Taryn wrote:
Openskills you have to pay for...
I find this a big turnoff and it's highly unlikely that I'd join.
We know that some people feel this way, but OpenSkills does provide a
number of hosted services, and these do need to be paid for.
An alternative would be to look for advertising
Would someone mind going back a pace or two and telling the country
cousins just what this tender meeting is supposed to be about.
On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 06:03, Pia Smith wrote:
Hi all,
I was thinking that it would be a good idea to have an open discussion
about this tender. I know a few
Howard Lowndes wrote:
Would someone mind going back a pace or two and telling the country
cousins just what this tender meeting is supposed to be about.
Right, more info will assist clarify.
Some relevant links:
ttp://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0%2C261733%2C39161207%2C00.htm
Is it only me that finds URL's are an unsatisfying answer to a question?
On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, O Plameras wrote:
Howard Lowndes wrote:
Would someone mind going back a pace or two and telling the country
cousins just what this tender meeting is supposed to be about.
Right, more info
Hi Taryn
In terms of earnings from being associated with OpenSkills I'd say it's
been much more than 100 x the cost of annual membership for me. These
opportunities would not have surfaced had I not been a member.
Other members have similar stories.
Now that the skillsbase is up and running,
David wrote:
Is it only me that finds URL's are an unsatisfying answer to a question?
In this case, they were satisfying for me, aka not of interest yet.
Phrases like;
guarantee any legal liability
only ten
provide all services
retraining resellers
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