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On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 09:22:56PM +0100, Adrian Midgley wrote: > Henry Bremridge wrote: > ... > > - Depending on the financial model chosen, IF Plymouth switched over to > > OpenSource then they could expect savings of between £100,000 and > > £1.2m a year > > Eventually. I tend to think it would be quite quick, but one would wish > to provide some robust figures on the speed of that. The problem is that robust figures will not come until there is a business case. In this Citybus issue, as an example, Plymouth apparently spent £1m in reviewing their options. If Plymouth WANT to cut costs AND improve service then switching to Opensource in a methodical fashion is one way. I then believe that if the switch is then done sensibly, then: - There will be cost savings - There will be unplanned improvements: eg people will find it easier to get work done However on this list that is preaching to the converted, what is required is taking advantage of the publicity and get Plymouth to prepare a business case. For that someone needs to point out that a) Plymouth has computers running MS office b) For the average user there is no difference between OpenOffice and MS office c) If there is no difference and one is free then why has Plymouth not prepared a business case for switching from proprietary software to opensource? However I believe that this is an argument best stated by a resident of Plymouth to one of the local papers :) -- Henry Photocopies or faxes of my signature are not binding. This email has been signed with an electronic signature in accordance with subsection 7(3) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000. Digital Key Signature: GPG RSA 0xFB447AA1 Tue Aug 4 06:29:19 BST 2009
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