[plug] [link] first Telstra, then Coles...

[Leon Brooks]

On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 11:41, Sol wrote:
> One interesting quote, which indicates to me that interest in Linux
> is coming from lobbying from IT departments is:

> "Mr Mahler said new blood flowing into the company's IT management
> late last year - from organisations such as ANZ Bank, National
> Australia Bank, Westpac, Accenture and IBM - had brought fresh
> thinking to the retailer. "Last year we weren't even looking at
> Linux. Today we have a number of pilot projects working on Linux," he
> said."

What do you reckon the banks either kicked out or frustrated their 
brightest and best (BoC, the FOSS advocates), so Coles was able to snap 
them up? (-:

Cheers; Leon

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