A couple of misconceptions in this thread:
1. They are phones, according to Boston Globe 12/7/2003. They are also set to permanent walkie-talkie status, enabling the contractors to be called and to call on a private, semi-permanent connection.
2. Complaints and lawsuits don't move one flake of current snow. The police aren't there to check up on contractors. Think for a second. You're a cop. You see a road not plowed. Do you assume it's been neglected? What do you think? (no cracks about is the road to Dunkin' Donuts plowed, PLEASE
3. There is no third thing
4. Note that the current contractors are beefing about next year's contract, not this one. They still have to go out there today, or breach o' contract.
5. The plowers actually got a nifty compromise - they asked that the systems be run in parallel, to check the veracity. This should have been on the table from the start, as a confidence builder.
6. What the plowers were so burned about was that now they can't do their sidework on state time. Note that even the compromise will clip their wings in this regard. But of course, they couldn't admit that.
7. Orwellian state? Puh-leez, go find something else to worry about - no shortage there.
I laugh in your face. Open source == money has to be spent to pay programmers. But watch out, the 96 hours of Open Source Talks means the Indians will be cranking out useful open source applications, too.
Cell phones have a lot more surface area contact with people's hair, mouth than medical PDAs. OTOH, 37% of medical personnel don't wash their hands between patients, so it might be a wash (sorry).
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extereme? I alluz tho't it to be extreme.
you should come up to Boston. There are ads for J2EE/SQL coming out my ass.
A couple of misconceptions in this thread: 1. They are phones, according to Boston Globe 12/7/2003. They are also set to permanent walkie-talkie status, enabling the contractors to be called and to call on a private, semi-permanent connection. 2. Complaints and lawsuits don't move one flake of current snow. The police aren't there to check up on contractors. Think for a second. You're a cop. You see a road not plowed. Do you assume it's been neglected? What do you think? (no cracks about is the road to Dunkin' Donuts plowed, PLEASE 3. There is no third thing 4. Note that the current contractors are beefing about next year's contract, not this one. They still have to go out there today, or breach o' contract. 5. The plowers actually got a nifty compromise - they asked that the systems be run in parallel, to check the veracity. This should have been on the table from the start, as a confidence builder. 6. What the plowers were so burned about was that now they can't do their sidework on state time. Note that even the compromise will clip their wings in this regard. But of course, they couldn't admit that. 7. Orwellian state? Puh-leez, go find something else to worry about - no shortage there.
I laugh in your face. Open source == money has to be spent to pay programmers. But watch out, the 96 hours of Open Source Talks means the Indians will be cranking out useful open source applications, too.
Cell phones have a lot more surface area contact with people's hair, mouth than medical PDAs. OTOH, 37% of medical personnel don't wash their hands between patients, so it might be a wash (sorry).