[plug] Schools [taken] out today?

Leon Brooks leon at brooks.fdns.net
Fri Apr 19 12:28:16 WST 2002


On Friday 19 April 2002 12:24, Harry McNally wrote:
> PAUL LUCAS MP
> Minister for Innovation
> and Information Economy

> As I stated, the majority of
> agencies in Queensland are existing Microsoft users.  The costs of going to
> a Linux platform would be prohibitive, based on software and systems
> transition, hardware compatibility and infrastructure changes to
> Government.

In short, Mr Lucas, you're sure that Microsoft has you by the balls, so you're 
not inclined to seriously wriggle.

For political reasons, you're not inclined to state your case so plainly, lest 
questions like `how did this happen' arise.

Cheers; Leon



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