I haven't noticed any messages lately about efforts to get a Linux foothold at the City of Toronto. Anyone interested should read an article on page A14 of this morning's Globe & Mail. Quote: "The city's problem is that 14,000 of its 17,500 computers are of 1999 vintage or older, which means that the operating system they run on is Microsoft Windows NT, a program which the software company will no longer support after some time next year, and they do not have the capacity to run on the next generation of software, Windows XP, which the city plans to switch to." Tortured grammar aside, how many things "wrong" can *you* find in that sentence? :-) ........................ Phillip Mills Multi-platform software development (416) 224-0714 -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml
I had put up a wiki for TLUG to use for the purpose of putting together a proposal for the city of Toronto and a total of 1 ( ONE ) user was able ( or willing ) to log in to it. http://www.lampware.info/tiki/tiki-custom_home.php The site could use some help with fine tuning and I would be happy to setup additional admins for that purpose. It's seems the Group is anxious to debate the pro's and cons via email but when it comes to getting a Linux proposal for the city of Toronto however a lot of the talk is just that, talk. Actions speak louder than words. Here is a "World Class City" looking seriously at saving millions of dollars.. http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-1010740.html?tag=st_rn Perhaps when it comes to the City and politics talk is exactly what politicians do best. Unfortunatley some of us live in the real world where "talk is cheap" R M ----- Original Message ----- From: Phillip Mills <pmills-5bG9SNWDbRX3fQ9qLvQP4Q at public.gmane.org> To: <tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 8:08 AM Subject: [TLUG]: City Of Toronto
I haven't noticed any messages lately about efforts to get a Linux foothold at the City of Toronto. Anyone interested should read an article on page A14 of this morning's Globe & Mail.
Quote: "The city's problem is that 14,000 of its 17,500 computers are of 1999 vintage or older, which means that the operating system they run on is Microsoft Windows NT, a program which the software company will no longer support after some time next year, and they do not have the capacity to run on the next generation of software, Windows XP, which the city plans to switch to."
Tortured grammar aside, how many things "wrong" can *you* find in that sentence? :-)
........................ Phillip Mills Multi-platform software development (416) 224-0714
-- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml
-- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml
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