Open Source/Free Software in Maricopa Government -another vi…

Jim,
When you make the presentation to the state please let me tag along.
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:-)~Mike~(-:

On Wednesday 18 December 2002 09:53 am, Jim wrote:
> I was reminded yesterday that the county IT people are just doing what =
they
> are told from above - i.e. the state IT people (yes, the same ones that
> approved a $100M contract with Qwest that needed and additional $80M to
> complete as promised).
>
> Perhaps the logical approach is to inform the state IT honchos that the=
y
> can save a lot of money by at least opening their eyes to things like O=
pen
> Office, Linux, etc. Certainly they should at least be willing to list=
en
> to an intelligent, articulate presentation of alternatives to MS softwa=
re
> in light of the huge budget deficits that the state is facing