[vox] Switching from Microsoft to Linux

[Jonathan Stickel]

I should have mentioned that Wayne is not on our vox list.  Please cc 
helpful response to Wayne.

Thanks!
Jonathan


Richard Mancusi wrote:
> I saw this on another list.  It doesn't exactly answer the original
> question - but it doesn't hurt either.
> 
> Here is a quote from the Financial Times:
> 
> "Massachusetts set to switch off Microsoft
> By Richard Waters in San Francisco
> Published: September 1 2005 00:01 | Last updated: September 1 2005 01:58
> 
> MicrosoftThe state of Massachusetts has laid out a plan to switch all
> its workers away from Microsoft
> < 
> http://mwprices.ft.com/custom/ft-com/quotechartnews.asp?FTSite=FTCOM&q=MSFT&searchtype&expanded=&countrycode=us&s2=us&symb=MSFT&company=NEW 
> <http://mwprices.ft.com/custom/ft-com/quotechartnews.asp?FTSite=FTCOM&q=MSFT&searchtype&expanded=&countrycode=us&s2=us&symb=MSFT&company=NEW>>'s
> Word, Excel and other desktop software applications, delivering what
> would be one of the most significant setbacks to the software company's
> battle against open source software in its home market.
> 
> 
> The state said on Wednesday that all electronic documents "created and
> saved" by state employees would have to be based on open formats, with
> the switch to start at the beginning of 2007."
> 
> http://news.ft.com/cms/s/80033a76-1a71-11da-b7f5-00000e2511c8.html
> 
> 
> On 9/1/05, *bullring at gmail.com <mailto:bullring at gmail.com>* 
> <bullring at gmail.com <mailto:bullring at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     Bill Kendrick wrote:
> 
>>On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 09:04:19PM -0700, bullring at gmail.com <mailto:bullring at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  
>>
>>>I wish i could, unfortunately my company has become corporate and they 
>>>decided to switch everything from Linux to Microsoft. 
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>OOC, any particular reason _why_?
>>
>>-bill!
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>     the only explanation we have gotten is that it would ease the
>     integration of the East and west coast business systems.  the East
>     coast Runs on Microsoft Exchange Server and that is where the new
>     corporate it director is as well.  they have even phased out the
>     Linux thin clients and now order all of their systems from Dell. 
> 
>     Joshua
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