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On 19 Dec 2007, at 09:11, Tom Potts wrote: >> >> Firefox connected on my Mac, is it at the booking stage it fails? If >> so I agree with you entirely. However, maybe the recent losses of >> data will make the government rethink spending our money on yet >> another lousy Windows oriented database, i.e. the identity one. Who >> now is going to trust any government with more data than you >> absolutely have to. > I'm afraid the problem is due to the lie that M$ sold themselves > on. Windows > does not make problems easier. It helps with a few things but > doesn't help > you think. As a result the last twenty years has produced a glut of IT > consultants who 'no nothing' but can format it well and maybe do a > mail > merge. > I'd be happy with the Government using W$ databases - I just wish > they would > contract a company who had more engineers than lawyers so they > might actually > attempt to create useful systems rather than make sure their legal > arse is so > well covered that they don't need to write a line of code to get paid! > Tom te tom te tom > Amen to that, Tom. My elderly Jewish grandfather would say, " but are they a consultant by a consultant" that is who says they're a consultant, themselves? As for lawyers, don't start me, I'm sure they're loved by their mothers but.......... Clare -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html