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You're missing the point...
...of the study.

And it's in, of course, the final line (open source is a much sexier lead). The panel recommended that California government standardize on a set of technologies in order to reduce costs - oss and VOIP were only examples. As a refugee of a couple of State agencies, I can say that this would be a *major* advance. At the very least, it would make my job easier. My company has to send information to multiple agencies and each one has its own requirements, standards and systems. Some of the systems are ancient, some are only slightly newer and some are cutting-edge. Having a standard set of technologies to work with would allow me to save a lot of time and staff.

Of course, doing this would make more than a few vendors unhappy, but the feeding frenzy when the standards are being set and the RFPs are written will be truly impressive...
Posted by: OldeTimeGeek   Posted on: 08/16/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Hahahaha you crack me up dude  STFU NOOB | 08/13/04
Why is it that ONLY studies funded by MS...  bjbrock | 08/13/04
What are you talking about?  betelgeuse68 | 08/13/04
you make no sense  stephen732@... | 08/14/04
This story is seriously flawed...  Confused by religion | 08/13/04
Its sad to see Your Highness  chiwawa | 08/14/04
Thank you Mills  Jeff Spicoli | 08/14/04
You M$hills keep thinking "it ain't gonna happen"  Xunil_Sierutuf | 08/14/04
PLEASE get REAL !!!  realitycheck101 | 08/13/04
Excellent!  NonZealot | 08/14/04
LOL  SOCAM | 08/15/04
And they should use what works best  FilledOut | 08/14/04
They are.. hence the article..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 08/14/04
This is Zdnet, there is no hence, just agenda  FilledOut | 08/15/04
will not happen  mvaar | 08/15/04
Nice quote, try quoting unbiased sources  balsover | 08/14/04
training costs are bs - hogwash, FUD  mvaar | 08/15/04
hmmm  V Sanders | 08/14/04
if you want to  V Sanders | 08/14/04
Will Aaaanold have the 'nads to follow through ???  Plain Logic | 08/15/04
And this is just the beginning  Chad_z | 08/15/04
Prove It, Chad  GuyAlanDye | 08/15/04
California has got the right idea  BriJQ84 | 08/15/04
You're missing the point...  OldeTimeGeek | 08/16/04

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