Canadian Government Computers to be upgraded Go Ubuntu

[Chris]

When I think about it, you are all right.
The people I have switched from winblows to Ubuntu are always calling me.
They also called me all the time for windows.
I think they are just too lazy to learn.
My intentions were good.
Chris.


On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Mathieu Charron <
mathieu.charron at elwillow.net> wrote:

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> Well, it is possible to switch the server over without switching the
> user. NRCan run a bunch of server a good chunk of them are running Red
> Hat Entreprise (They just bought the support for it).
>
> It is not impossible but forget the user, they are just too f***ing stupid.
>
> On 10-04-21 10:52 AM, ben_steenhorst at railway101.com wrote:
> > For 36 years I worked for a railway of some 20,000 employees.  Being an
> > open-source enlightened retiree, I recently sent a note to the current
> > President suggesting that the Corporation could save millions of dollars
> > by switching to open source.I even provided comparison costs etc. All I
> > got `thanx' knowing full well that his IT people are in bed  with the
> > pay-as you-go computer systems suppliers.  And even friends and
> > neighbours give you that `what-part-of-mars-are-you-from look when you
> > talk about Ubuntu etc, you know they just don't get it...
> >
> > Convincing the Gov to switch over, place your bets....
> >
> > On Wed, 2010-04-21 at 08:39 -0600, Donovan Hoggan wrote:
> >> I ran into the same problem when I asked a large non-profit I worked
> >> with if I could have access to OOo on the server.  We had just
> >> switched from WordPerfect to Microsoft Office.and my buddy on the help
> >> desk was telling me about the process.  They were some of the
> >> brightest, most capable people I've ever had the privilege of working
> >> with and yet the problems they had switching were CRAZY.
> >>
> >>
> >> Donovan
> >>
> >> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 8:35 AM, James <james2432 at gmail.com
> >> <mailto:james2432 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >>     The problem with upgrading to ubuntu(yes it's an upgrade from
> >>     windews) is that most government workers are so dumb when they
> >>     upgraded from windows 2000 to XP people were calling the help desk
> >>     because they couldn't find the calculator or other
> >>     programs....Imagine if they installed linux and they wanted to
> >>     access something//didn't know how...it would be a help desk
> nightmare
> >>
> >>
> >>     On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:06 AM, Chris <candive1 at gmail.com
> >>     <mailto:candive1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>         I see a Door opening for Ubuntu.
> >>         Someone in charge run with this link.
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >>         Chris.
> >>
> >>
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