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NHS Awards Contract to Microsoft
ChocLinux writes "Microsoft has won a £500m nine year contract to supply software to the NHS, a week after the OGC (the government procurement body) released a report describing Linux as a viable desktop alternative for the majority of government users."
Dear Slashdot Editor,
Please approve only uplifting stories the rest of the week. I think we've had enough bad news already.
Sincerely,
Bummed about Bush
"The next 4 years could have been great leaps. Now they will be small steps."
Thankfully none of the medical equipment is going to be running Microsoft products. Otherwise, people would really get the blue screen of death.
Si tacuisses philosophus mansisses. If you had kept quiet, you would have remained a philosopher.
Well, after hearing the election results, Microsoft figured the dollar was going to tank soon....
Oh, I'm sorry madam, the life support system is running a microsoft OS and it seems it just 'Blue Screened', we're aufully sorry about your husband !
A slashdotting - you get the stick first and then the carrot !
You forgot about the public. The NHS pissed away $800 million of public money that could have been spent on making people well, instead of lining the pockets of Microsoft and whoever had to be paid off to land the deal.
What a stupid comment. Obviously the NHS should be able to run their IT infrastructure for free. This is because it will be powered by hopes, and dreams, and maintained by leprachauns.
Then we would all join hands and sing about rainbows.
Meanwhile, back here in the real world.....
- sarcasm is just one more service we offer -
I think that depends on if he voted for Bush or not.
Somehow I don't think that was what the IRA had in mind when they fought for a united Ireland.
Did you catch when they went to him and he was doodling on the screen, and nobody knew he was on (other then branedead dan) and the cameraman slung the camera around and he said "gonna need some more coffee....I'm falling asleep here...
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Was kinda funny
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And FUCK WITS like you are the bane of many user's lives.
But we all know the user doesn't count. Right?
"I really like the standard Windows message: This application has performed an illegal operation. Press Ok to continue, press Cancel to start the debugger." Is this Microsoft's usability design at work? :)
I'll do the stupid thing first and then you shy people follow...