On Sat, 2002-01-12 at 11:30, andy at theasis.com wrote: > > The LAN admin management will not discuss any alternative to Microsoft. > > A few of us meet quietly sometimes and try to think of ways around this > > formidable obstacle :-(> > > Tell the public. As a taxpayer I'd be very interested in knowing that my > local (or any) refuses to even consider an option that would potentially > save a lot of money, especially when a public employee is willing to do > the research in their free time. > > In fact, you might get some mileage out of simply suggesting that the > public might find that interesting. > > Andy Making any kind of public fuss is a very, very risky move for somebody who wishes to keep his job. Whisteblowers paint targets on themselves. Note that, just to pick an example, the only person indicted by Waco special prosecutor was the whistleblower. > -- ------------------------------------- There's a widow in sleepy Chester Who weeps for her only son; There's a grave on the Pabeng River, A grave that the Burmans shun, And there's Subadar Prag Tewarri Who tells how the work was done. -------------------------------------