Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 13:15:56 +1200 From: rshea@opendoor.co.nz To: Stanley Hopcroft <Stanley.Hopcroft@IPAustralia.gov.au> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How does FreeBSD make a difference in a government context ? Message-ID: <3BA9EC0C.10690.5244E81@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20010920101628.B5729@IPAustralia.Gov.AU>
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> I am writing to ask your advice about demonstrating the value of FreeBSD > servers (DDNS, DHCP, routers, Samba) in a 'public service'/'Government > context'. > You may be interested in a thread which appeared here, eerrh, during August or maybe early this month. Someone asked a very similar question regarding the US Federal Govt - there were some interesting responses (sorry I can't get onto freebsd.org to look at the archives to give you a better steer - maybe later). I can identify with, what sounds like, your anger. I do think as technicians we tend to think that users _should_ use what we know to be superior solutions - even if for various reasons they don't want to. I suspect we feel much as cardiologists do when they look in the window of fast food shop - they've told their patients it's wrong but _still_ they do it ! What's worse is that the patients then turn up and winge about the problems they've got ;-) regards richard shea. ***************************************************** Open Door Ltd PO Box 119-46 Wellington, NZ PH +64 4 384 7639 FX +64 4 384 7672 ***************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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