Martin Visser <martinvisse...@gmail.com> writes: > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 9:43 AM, lloyd <l...@aapt.net.au> wrote: > >> Apart from Heracles, does anyone know who marketed Linux & FOSS to the NSW >> Department of Education prior to this decision? This is obviously relevant >> to statements about "Linux not compete". I think we can be sure that the >> competition to Linux were backed by substantial if not huge marketing >> expenditure. > > I know for certain that at least one major vendor did have Linux as a > key part of their bid for this tender. I would be very surprised if > there were not more than one.
There have certainly been a number of bids based around FOSS into Victorian government over the years; in my previous role I was intimately involved in several. So, yes, they do actually happen. Regards, Daniel -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html