[ale] Georgia Computing Standards Explicitly Disallow Linux

[Greg]

When I contracted out to the state from an agency 2 or 3 years ago I was
told that GA had fired it's IT dept and contracted out everything they
could.  2 secretaries who had attended a single ms sql course were dba's and
some of the contractor's didn't even know Access .... and there's more ...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of
> Jeffrey B. Layton
> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 8:03 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] Georgia Computing Standards Explicitly Disallow Linux
>
>
> Jonathan Glass wrote:
>
> >http://gta.georgia.gov/vgn/images/portal/cit_1210/3028951Workstat
> ion_OS_Standard-FINAL.pdf
> >
> >Yuck!
> >
> >
>    Who wrote that load of crap? Even if they wanted to go
> with Windows they could have written a better document.
> Why not at least go with Windows XP? I hope they like
> paying massive upgrade fees! Bill and Steve need some
> cash! How are they going to push the daily load of
> patches to these boxes? I bet they're also going to use
> Outlook and Exchange. You can bet that they won't be
> configured even remotely correctly. The spam will start
> rolling in on the first day and only get worse. Of course,
> us  taxpayers will get screwed with the costs because of
> their stupidity. I hope someone got a nice new card or
> house for this. Sigh....
>    I also wonder who these desktops are intended for? If
> it's people like secretaries, or general clerks use them
> then there is absolutely no reason they need Windows
> or Office. Of course, they probably didn't do any testing
> or profiling of required tasks. Sigh... How come IT
> seems to have a disproportionate share of idiots?
> (don't be too fast with those comments by the way) :)
>
> Jeff
>
>
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