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On Tuesday 05 February 2008 09:20, Paul Sutton wrote: > Tom Potts wrote: > > http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.php?articleID=196604987 > > > > Never catch on here though.... > > Tom te tom te tom > > We are always behind the rest of the world, thing is by time we > eventually catch up the world has moved on. I remember working for BT after it got privatised. We had thousands of 'Management Consultants' giving courses and advice on management methods. They were all American, over here because their 'skills' had been tried and found seriously wanting in the States. > > I want to see more people who want Linux skills to advertise, to the > community, there are people like me who want to learn and help, but > more importantly understand that free software is not just free as in > cost, something that commercial companies still can't grasp even > though its a pretty easy concept, freedom . > do you want people with just OSS skills, or people with the skills and > who care about what it all means, the latter is important in away > I'd like to see people at management level in this country with more that an O'level in Computer Studies (they know how to look at a porn video using IE). Someone who can read 'A computer called Leo' and ask how a company can be more organised (using an old valve computer in 1952) than a 2007 company with Billions of times more processing power and a computer with so called modern software on every desk. Someone who can see that its really easy to change 'Corporate Style' if you don't encrypt your data in 'documents' and then try and bolt on access rights when its too late. Someone who wont say 'you can save a fortune using OO' but will say 'you can save a fortune by managing your data - it wont matter whose office suite you want to use as you'll only need a couple of copies Someone who has an inkling that emulating the paper office on a computer is the same as putting a man with a red flag in front of an automobile: to protect others from any possible benefit. Tom te tom te tom -- 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