Must be referring to the use of Exchange perhaps? -Chris.
On 12/14/06, Sam Lawrance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 14/12/2006, at 6:54 PM, Alexander W Stanley wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
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