[ale] Linux in Atlanta's public schools

[jslozier at gmail.com (Jay Lozier)]

On Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:58:54 -0400, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> The real issue with that excuse is it's just an excuse. They can get  
> outstanding support >from RedHat or from local consultants. What they  
> really want is some one else to blame >when something fails. If the  
> school provides all the support, not just reboot monkeys, >then a system  
> failure, or worse - data loss -, is due to the school technical team.  
> The >larger the the school system the more likely to want to shield the  
> *decision makers* on >the technical side. Remember the old addage "no  
> ever got fire for buying IBM"? Well in >school systems it's Microsoft  
> and/or Apple.

Two issues I see with governmental bureaucracies is that they will not  
change unless forced and most of the decision makers do not anything about  
any technical topic (not just computers/IT). The support issue is buck  
passing; something bureaucracies are good at.

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Jay Lozier
jslozier at gmail.com
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