On 23/09/11 20:02, Rob Beard wrote:
On
23/09/11 18:38, paul sutton wrote:
Just seen on westcountry news about budget
cuts and that there will be a
related public consultation could people keep an eye out for
details
perhaps post here, so people can respond.
I know we are up against it, but it's worth a try and there are
links
to successful adoptions of open source ( I am NOT talking about
Linux
desktops here) just adopting OSS where it could save money.
Lets at least try and keep trying and not be silent, otherwise
someone
will suggest job cuts and it could be YOUR department and YOUR
job they
suggest for the axe.
Paul
I hate to say it but realistically if they're so tied in with MS
Office they might save much when factoring in things like training
and converting macros etc.
Maybe when they were looking to upgrade (say from XP to Windows 7,
or Office 2003 maybe to 2010 etc) then there could possibly be a
saving.
Rob
Yeah it needs to be done properly, however I doubt they are
capable of that, even at consultation stage, All we can do is
suggest it. Does it NEED to be on the desktop level, even if they
save a few thousand at the server level its still a start and a
saving.
Paul
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