Having to work alongside NHS IT Support, I would have to say it's rather unlikely that there will be a mass migration to Linux. Firstly, they are still moving onto Win2K and many machines are on 95/98 ( a) they won't ditch years of work even for savings and b) to do so would be to admit that they made a costly error). Secondly, do you know how hard it is to get hold of medical staff in the first place? It's unfeasible to just walk in and upgrade them to a completely different system; the support calls will go through the roof. The staff will need to be kept in the 'loop' during the whole process. Finally, the 'culture' of the users in the NHS is that they are pretty resistant to change, even upgrading their browser from IE5 to 6 can take weeks! Some are still using Eudora 3.0!
Where the default auto-archive simply deletes items older than six months, and they you're the unlucky IT Monkey who has to explain to the user why their data is missing.
Oh, and you just have to love the default location for the.pst file being your _profile_ ! Genius! And then when your profile quota is maxed out and it gets fubared... But, I must stop, am getting a little carried away and have not even started the morning caffination ritual.
Updates are coming out at the regularity of snot from a sick kids nose, yet people seem shocked when a new batch come out.
If you can't afford the specs to run SUS then why not just set automatic updates to install in the background on each machine?
... in this whole mess will be the lawyers, not the consumers. Hang on, I wonder if the RIAA can get nailed under the Patriot Act for being a terrorist organisation; law suits instead of bombs?
Oh gnads, you knew I meant Mark Hamill. It's just that the trauma of seeing him wave his beer gut like a phallus in a PC game for under 12yr olds has affected my schpelling...
In which a leary Mark Hamilton barely fitting in a blue jumpsuit tries to pull every chick in the game remains one of the most memorable acting moments in PC gaming.
... Results in an Army of Robotic Death Grannies marching across the world like a plague of locusts, driven to do the unholy bidding of their Masters at Castle Redmond...
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The Bagle has landed.
...Phew! After today's turkey I don't think I could eat anything else.
Having to work alongside NHS IT Support, I would have to say it's rather unlikely that there will be a mass migration to Linux. Firstly, they are still moving onto Win2K and many machines are on 95/98 ( a) they won't ditch years of work even for savings and b) to do so would be to admit that they made a costly error). Secondly, do you know how hard it is to get hold of medical staff in the first place? It's unfeasible to just walk in and upgrade them to a completely different system; the support calls will go through the roof. The staff will need to be kept in the 'loop' during the whole process. Finally, the 'culture' of the users in the NHS is that they are pretty resistant to change, even upgrading their browser from IE5 to 6 can take weeks! Some are still using Eudora 3.0!
Pantscam is still here!
It implies that it was written to some standard in the first place.
was sent to all the employees via popups? There's irony for you or is it just cold sadism?
to consume if you lock the geeks in the NOC without any food for a day.
Instead of a pen as a handset why not use a bog-standard hands-free kit? Problem solved.
Where the default auto-archive simply deletes items older than six months, and they you're the unlucky IT Monkey who has to explain to the user why their data is missing. Oh, and you just have to love the default location for the .pst file being your _profile_ ! Genius! And then when your profile quota is maxed out and it gets fubared... But, I must stop, am getting a little carried away and have not even started the morning caffination ritual.
Updates are coming out at the regularity of snot from a sick kids nose, yet people seem shocked when a new batch come out. If you can't afford the specs to run SUS then why not just set automatic updates to install in the background on each machine?
Botnets? Botnets? We don't need no stinking botnets!
he simply became a government employee.
when the damn trains never move except to derail? -disgruntled Tube user
A flexible keyboard. It's great for coffee spills or if you happen to drool on it.
:-)
But seriously, no more dirty keys, it's very flat so no RSI, and it's quiet. Good for gaming too
... To all the pollution in the Thames? Ok, so we don't dump raw sewage into it like in the Victorian times but I'd hardly bathe in it.
... the Microsoft Deathstar comes online? (And I don't mean MSN)
... in this whole mess will be the lawyers, not the consumers. Hang on, I wonder if the RIAA can get nailed under the Patriot Act for being a terrorist organisation; law suits instead of bombs?
Drivers will only be allowed to breathe five times per journey according to new EU guidelines (The Sun is a xenophobic tabloid).
Oh gnads, you knew I meant Mark Hamill. It's just that the trauma of seeing him wave his beer gut like a phallus in a PC game for under 12yr olds has affected my schpelling...
Well, with a head start in the acting industry...
In which a leary Mark Hamilton barely fitting in a blue jumpsuit tries to pull every chick in the game remains one of the most memorable acting moments in PC gaming.
... Results in an Army of Robotic Death Grannies marching across the world like a plague of locusts, driven to do the unholy bidding of their Masters at Castle Redmond...
Millions saved; donut sales increase.