City Of Toronto

[Robert McDonald]

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
>
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