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Like most places I have been, the CIO probably lacked vision and
leadership. It is cut-throat at that level and they are usually more
concerned about keeping the Thiefdom.<br>
<br>
-dave<br>
<br>
David Lane wrote:
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I was in a shop where I thought I had professional digression I asked
every body in my group if it was okay to use Linux & MySQL for a
project. After it was approved the tech manager forced Microsoft down
on us.<br>
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They ended up paying a whole lot more money.<br>
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David<br>
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From: Dave Arbogast <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mdlug2@arb.net"><mdlug2@arb.net></a><br>
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Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 1:42:43 PM<br>
Subject: Re: [mdlug] What Intel Giveth, Microsoft Taketh Away<br>
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What really amazes me is nearly all CIO's are forgetting Business 101
or <br>
even SOX requirements -<br>
<br>
Cost / benefit analysis.... Office 2007 cost 3x (12x?) more to <br>
operate, does it provide 3x more utility in return ? Better still, <br>
Office 2007 VS OpenOffice.<br>
<br>
Same goes for Vista vs. XP, or better still Vista vs. Linux (pick your <br>
distro)<br>
<br>
If they were really doing their job, they would see the hardware they <br>
invested in is not tied to an OS / Office suite that cost them millions
<br>
per year in acquisition cost and many times more in AV. / maintenance
/ <br>
performance costs.<br>
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-dave<br>
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Michael Rudas wrote:<br>
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>LOL<br>
><br>
>I mention this kind of thing on a Linux list because most peoples'<br>
>perceptions of what a computer IS are so heavily influence by<br>
>Microsoft software, so it impacts us all -- and MS has become an<br>
>anchor, dragging all computer users to the briny depths of Trojans,<br>
>spyware, and wasted computer power...<br>
><br>
>"Case in point: Microsoft Office 2007 which, when deployed on
Windows<br>
>Vista, consumes over 12x as much memory and nearly 3x as much<br>
>processing power as the version that graced PCs just 7 short years
ago<br>
>(Office 2000)."<br>
><<a
href="http://exo-blog.blogspot.com/2007/09/what-intel-giveth-microsoft-taketh-away.html"
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>~~ Mikey<br>
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