[ubuntu-uk] Government IT spending outrageously high... anyone surprised?

2011-07-28 Thread TT Mooney
From the Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/28/mps_slam_government_it_spend/ And the actual report: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmpubadm/715/71502.htm Fun reading! Not surprising in the least, though. And we haven't even talked about the Defence

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Government IT spending outrageously high... anyone surprised?

2011-07-28 Thread Steve Flynn
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:35 PM, TT Mooney ttmoo...@dilettantism.comwrote: From the Register: [snip] Why are you telling an Ubuntu mailing list? -- Steve When one person suffers from a delusion it is insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion. --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Government IT spending outrageously high... anyone surprised?

2011-07-28 Thread TT Mooney
A lot of the folks on the list are involved with pitching FOSS to the government, and a call for smaller companies opens the doors for just that. Maybe I could have been clearer on that, but we have had lots of government IT policy discussions on the list. Kind regards, Travis Steve Flynn

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Government IT spending outrageously high... anyone surprised?

2011-07-28 Thread Jacob Mansfield
Windows server 2011 - £982 Cost of overtime - £500 Look on the sysadmins face when he realizes that there's a better solution for free - Priceless Jacob Mansfield Programmer CyberKing Solutions™ -- Air conditioned environment - do not open windows! Please avoid sending me Word or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Government IT spending outrageously high... anyone surprised?

2011-07-28 Thread Alan Bell
On 28/07/11 17:27, Steve Flynn wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:35 PM, TT Mooney ttmoo...@dilettantism.com mailto:ttmoo...@dilettantism.com wrote: From the Register: [snip] Why are you telling an Ubuntu mailing list? it is a UK story and Ubuntu might well be part of the answer to the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Government IT spending outrageously high... anyone surprised?

2011-07-28 Thread alan c
On 28/07/11 16:35, TT Mooney wrote: From the Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/28/mps_slam_government_it_spend/ And the actual report: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmpubadm/715/71502.htm Fun reading! Not surprising in the least, though. And we