On 10 February 2010 13:02, Ashley Sheridan <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've not had any personal experience with the public sector, but I have > heard stories from those who have. By all accounts, it seems that most > of the public sector is still stuck in the dark ages with regards to > technology, which could go some way to explaining the abysmal failure > rate of public sector projects! Open source in this sector would be a > perfect solution in most cases, but it's shunned because of fear of the > unknown and worry that anything free is worth the money paid for it. I used to work for a company creating Payroll/Personal software. Our software was cheaper than the BIG boys, and several times, when it came to getting it into councils where there was little tech knowledge/skills, the lower prices worked against us. And once they knew the price, we couldn't just hike it up to get the deal. Dark ages indeed! -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html EE4Free : http://www.experts-exchange.com/becomeAnExpert.jsp Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
