On 14/12/2006, at 6:54 PM, Alexander W Stanley wrote:
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Sam Lawrance wrote:
On 14/12/2006, at 1:57 PM, Holmes, Robert wrote:
Dear Carmel,
I was quite saddened & extremely disappointed to see the student
portal
relying on proprietary software, when open-source equivalents would
have
been far more secure, maintainable cost-effective & educational.
What
"experts" advised the department on the deployment of this key
infrastructure? Could you please forward my email to them and ask
them
to respond? I don't think their choice was justifiable, and
contradicts
the ideals of public education.
I'm sure there are plenty of efficacious ways to spend the
department's
(read "our") money; lining the pockets of Mr Gates isn't one of
them.
What's this all about?
It's about this monstrosity: https://*portal*.*det*.*nsw*.edu.au
Still struggling to understand exactly what proprietary software is
at issue - the original post doesn't go into any detail. Anyone on
the list who doesn't have a login on the DET portal can't really view
the message in context.
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