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From Computerworld: Microsoft-funded report affected decision
A report carried out by Capgemini was the clincher in the decision by the London Borough of Newham to scrap its plans last year to switch to Linux on the desktop. However, the report was funded by Microsoft, an official says.
The man in charge of IT for the Borough, Richard Steel, has been telling the press how the report came about. Microsoft had asked if it might commission the report from Capgemini in response to a report from a UK-based open source consultancy, Netproject, that had been commissioned first and which concluded that a switch to open source would be the best solution.
"We obviously recognise that you could question the independence of a report funded by Microsoft," Steel conceded, adding: "It would be insane to claim otherwise."
According to Capgemini, solving the Borough's IT problems the Microsoft way had the potential to save it US$5.9 million over the next five years, versus a saving of just $2.9 million for the Linux solution.
And analysts wonder why sponsored reports are distrusted by members of the IT industry.
From Computerworld: Microsoft-funded report affected decision
A report carried out by Capgemini was the clincher in the decision by the London Borough of Newham to scrap its plans last year to switch to Linux on the desktop. However, the report was funded by Microsoft, an official says.
The man in charge of IT for the Borough, Richard Steel, has been telling the press how the report came about. Microsoft had asked if it might commission the report from Capgemini in response to a report from a UK-based open source consultancy, Netproject, that had been commissioned first and which concluded that a switch to open source would be the best solution.
"We obviously recognise that you could question the independence of a report funded by Microsoft," Steel conceded, adding: "It would be insane to claim otherwise."
According to Capgemini, solving the Borough's IT problems the Microsoft way had the potential to save it US$5.9 million over the next five years, versus a saving of just $2.9 million for the Linux solution.
And analysts wonder why sponsored reports are distrusted by members of the IT industry.
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My local council in Essex (where my parents live), have just changed contractors, and is replacing Notes with Exchange
1. Notes is slow
2. Notes is especially slow over a dial up connection
3. Notes has a poor browser interface for mail...
Exchange is supposed to be the answer to all these problems... Well good luck, exchange over a dial up - NO THANKS.
The real issue is the usual one, they are using Notes 5.3, they are only using the standed "web mail" interface not INotes etc..
And the company that put it in did not know what they were doing (I have had a look at the environment !)
So a new company said Exchange would be the answer... Well I cant wait to see how exchange runs over their TOKEN RING network !
Its good to see our council tax being spend on an expensive rip and replace strategy, rather than a cheaper upgrade strategy..
No wonder the bins dont get emptied !!
Posted by Neil At 03:48:27 On 25/08/2004 | - Website - |
I've always wanted to pitch an IT management plan that would alternately switch from Microsoft to Lotus and back every 3 years because according to the reports each would save money by switching to the other. I figured that if we switch back and forth often enough, we would not have to have product at all to sell, because the net gains from the savings in I.T. costs would produce the necessary shareholder value. All we'd have to do then is find a bunch of people to hire, then fire so we could outsource their jobs to India and we'd be rich.
-- Andrew
Posted by Andrew Pollack At 20:58:40 On 24/08/2004 | - Website - |