You know little about computers but you've been landed the job giving out contracts.
note: your job is not to build a decent IT infrastructure, it's to hand out a contract to get someone else to build it.
There's that nice guy from a Microsoft based systems integrator.
You met him at a party at the embassy last month, you've played a round of golf with him.
he's invited you out to lunch somewhere nice today to discuss what his great big corporation, who your bosses also feel secure about, can do.
or you can take a risk, organise things yourself, get a bunch of smaller providers in on the job, take up the integration yourself.
You will probably deliver a better solution for the people of iraq.
you will also:
Not get invited to any more nice lunches
Hand back a big pile of cash that no-one would have objected if you spent it.
Live through a lot of sleepless nights as you hope your solution which no-one in your organisation has ever heard of, works.
This isn't about american government.
All large bureaucracies think this way.
(That's why it's the job of parliaments and CEO's to tell give their people direction and certainty)
I'd submit that it's easier to get a grant of $5 million out of govenrment than $5k
$5K just isn't worth bothering about for anyone in a position to grant any sort of money, and brings no credit, cudos, or other benefit to the granter.
government's themselves can be unstable without causing amjor problems.
Many European parliament's see several Governments in a year as parliamnetary majorities shift and collapse without a break in the provision of essential services.
strong independent intitutions and the rule of law might be what you're looking for.
the point is that a hell of a lot of things are needed to make what we'd view as a decent society.
A starting list for mine would be (in rough order of importance):
Agricultural Surplus,
Freedom (expression, speech, religion, assembly, association),
Accountability,
Transparency,
Rule of Law
Strong independent institutions (within the Rule of Law)
Democracy
Once you have all those then free markets can flourish and people can buy what they want.
1) there are six state government 2) While a small province Tasmania is not that much larger (in population) 3) It's a fully fledged parliament, not a local council, so it's an Act that has been made, not a council ordinance or Regulation. 4) The Federal Government is administered in Canberra. The same contractors who supply services that meet the requirements of this Act will be biddding for federal work. 5) this is the beginniug not the end.
Not that I can speak for CLUG (or that anyone really can, it's an amorphous group) but there was a lot of feedback between members of the Legislative Assembly and the CLUG, particularly discussion as to the philosophy and a lot of hand holding that Open Source/Free Software wasn't orientated to any particular political ideology.
Actually the Australian Defence Signals Directorate's (DSD - roughly analogous to the NSA) advisory site for government departments only links to Linux in it's OS downloads section.
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You know little about computers but you've been landed the job giving out contracts.
note: your job is not to build a decent IT infrastructure, it's to hand out a contract to get someone else to build it.
There's that nice guy from a Microsoft based systems integrator.
You met him at a party at the embassy last month, you've played a round of golf with him.
he's invited you out to lunch somewhere nice today to discuss what his great big corporation, who your bosses also feel secure about, can do.
or you can take a risk, organise things yourself, get a bunch of smaller providers in on the job, take up the integration yourself.
You will probably deliver a better solution for the people of iraq.
you will also:
This isn't about american government.
All large bureaucracies think this way.
(That's why it's the job of parliaments and CEO's to tell give their people direction and certainty)
yes but a $5K grant is the hardest sort to get.
I'd submit that it's easier to get a grant of $5 million out of govenrment than $5k
$5K just isn't worth bothering about for anyone in a position to grant any sort of money, and brings no credit, cudos, or other benefit to the granter.
No but they're a dirty big american company of the sort that gets looked after when these things get done.
a cheap and effective solution that leaves the owners in control (and responsible) is rarely deisirable in big business or in big government.
especially if no-ones going to get their back scratched in return.
Ahem,
The Phillipines?
Many European parliament's see several Governments in a year as parliamnetary majorities shift and collapse without a break in the provision of essential services.
strong independent intitutions and the rule of law might be what you're looking for.
the point is that a hell of a lot of things are needed to make what we'd view as a decent society.
A starting list for mine would be (in rough order of importance):
Once you have all those then free markets can flourish and people can buy what they want.
But careful who you say that to.
Actually they're bringing this in in parts of Australia.
Automated or random checking of all motorists is considered an unwarranted search in some legal systems.
I don't remember voting on that.
do you?
it's about the scientists wanting to keep antarctica as their own private kingdom.
nah, we're talking about a missile with a lifting wing,
you lose top speed but there's nothing stop you ensuring you have lift at 140kmph.
still easier than self-starting it down a rail or runway no?
and 12 Senators to our 2 you gerrymandering buggers!
I guess we have 80,000 public servants to push our view and make up for it.
which emphasises a real problem for windows no?
The way the issue is framed on that site (launched by the Ministers for Defence and Communications this very week) is intrinsically friendly to FOSS.
democrats have 1 MLA in the ACT,
Roslyn Dundas.
But while she introduced it, it was amended by both sides and passed unanimously.
well i imagine their programmers (and they have many) will be sending in patches for itches they need scratched before very long.
And employing the many linux contributors who live in Canberra.
Tasmania is a State, but one with a tiny population
(IIRC ~500,000 v. the ACT's 300,000).
It was a unanimous vote of the Assembly as well which is helpful.
Apologies, direct link to the relevant story is here
1) there are six state government
2) While a small province Tasmania is not that much larger (in population)
3) It's a fully fledged parliament, not a local council, so it's an Act that has been made, not a council ordinance or Regulation.
4) The Federal Government is administered in Canberra. The same contractors who supply services that meet the requirements of this Act will be biddding for federal work.
5) this is the beginniug not the end.
passed unanimously.
that was the penguin that bit Linus and gave him penguinitits.
/. a few weeks ago on that but it was rejected.
Submitted a story to
Not that I can speak for CLUG (or that anyone really can, it's an amorphous group) but there was a lot of feedback between members of the Legislative Assembly and the CLUG, particularly discussion as to the philosophy and a lot of hand holding that Open Source/Free Software wasn't orientated to any particular political ideology.
Actually the Australian Defence Signals Directorate's (DSD - roughly analogous to the NSA) advisory site for government departments only links to Linux in it's OS downloads section.
See here
We've got a lot more detail on this, including links to the actual legislation, at RiotACT (Canberra focused slashlike)
The ACT has more autonomy and law making power than the District of Colombia.
I'd say your third para contradicts your second,
but maybe I'm too dumb to understand you.
gyroscopes apparently.
Or, if you're more budget minded, a roof rack on your car, a straight stretch of highway, and a happy-go-lucky view of life would suffice.
looks like an urban myth i was repeating.
the engine would stop because of a design flaw and the steepness of the final dive.
people below thought it was running out of fuel and thats where my info was coming from.
cheers,