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On Thursday 12 March 2009 16:01, Paul Sutton wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > > On 12/03/2009 13:08, Tom Potts wrote: > >> http://www.osor.eu/news/fr-gendarmerie-saves-millions-with-open-desktop- > >>and-web-applications Tom te tom te tom > > > > I like this from the article... > > > > In 2007 the Gendarmerie decided to replace even the desktop operating > > system. Guimard: "Moving from Microsoft XP to Vista would not have > > brought us many advantages and Microsoft said it would require training > > of users. Moving from XP to Ubuntu, however, proved very easy. The two > > biggest differences are the icons and the games. *Games are not our > > priority.*" > > > > :-) > > > > Rob > > I assume the needs training bit is more about extorting more money out > of people, surely a desktop OS move from XP to vista can't need that > much training, You obviously have no formal IT training - its not about software its about revenue streams. MS like you to pay some £2.5k for a week to be show where they've moved the icons and how they've rearranged the menus, and if there are any another £2.5k for a week straining (sic) to understand the benefits of new features. Now you may guess why there is such resistance to moving to Linux despite the the obvious benefits: every couple of years a companies IT guru will get three or four weeks 'training' away at a hotel somewhere. You get an operating system that works 'out of the box' then you have to spend too much time in the office listening to managers make ridiculous 'IT' requests. Its worth making up 'operational advantages' of sticking with MS just to get away from these muppets especially as if you can actually do something with a computer these people make your life hell once they realise you can replace them with four lines of code and they realise they're higher up the company food chain than you are. Its much easier to give them their pretty (useless) documents and live the quiet life than actually try and make computers work for the company, and if they dont give you the training then well you really do need it for this release.... 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