[ 09 Nov 02 16:06, Mike '/m' wrote to All ]

Don't get too excited.  Alston is a moron - anything he says regarding
technology is nonsense.  His statement is nothing more than a fluff piece
written by someone other than Alston to win a few quick points and a spot
in the press, without actually doing anything (as it says, everyone's
already ahead of him).

If you're bored, google for "alston luddite" or "alston
village idiot"

 Mm> ========
 Mm> IN THE CONTEXT OF E-GOVERNMENT conferences and demonstrations of new
 Mm> technology by government agencies, two prominent Australian Senators
 Mm> have endorsed Open Source solutions, report news.com.au and
 Mm> theage.com.au.

 Mm> Senator Richard Alston gave Federal government executives
 Mm> encouragement to investigate and adopt Open Source technologies where
 Mm> appropriate.

 Mm> After allowing that he was impressed by the cost savings made possible
 Mm> by Open Source, he admitted: "There is an ever-increasing enthusiasm
 Mm> for open source around the world."

 Mm> "We would encourage our departments and agencies to adopt best
 Mm> practice and since three of them have gone down that path with
 Mm> positive results, we would encourage them all to look at open source,"
 Mm> said the Minister.

 Mm> Yet he hedged: "We think it's got potential, but it's not a matter
 Mm> where we would advocate a particular approach, proprietary or
 Mm> otherwise."

 Mm> Senator Alston is clearly stretching to look like a leader here, since
 Mm> his government's agencies and departments are ahead of him with Open
 Mm> Source. The Australian Department of Veterans' Affairs, Centrelink
 Mm> (whatever that is), and the Bureau of Meteorology all recently decided
 Mm> to move part of their IT infrastructure to Linux. The latter Bureau
 Mm> realized 30% cost reductions in IT development hardware and
 Mm> software....
 Mm> ===========

 Mm> http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=6159

 Mm>  /m

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