____/ Ignoramus14041 on Saturday 05 April 2008 20:09 : \____
> On 2008-04-05, Holz <holz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:15:22 -0500
>> Ignoramus20845 <ignoramus20845@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Beginning from next term, all computers at schools in the Swiss canton
>>> of Geneva will be switched to Ubuntu Linux only.
>>
>> Yes, they got fed up eating shit. The French police did the same,
>> http://tinyurl.com/23cs4q
>> Schools that migrate here in the US, keep it quite. We
>> did a 400 node high school last month, and the Microsoft consulting
>> group we replaced went nuts. They tried to explain the school board
>> they are making a mistake, went to begging and ended up threatening.
>> Why?
>> Their annual tab was 160K! for software, installation and maintenance.
>> We guaranteed the school not to go over 50K, and did the migration for
>> 5K. The smart principal could not by pass.
>>
>
> So, what were the threats...
Possibly a combination of variants of the points below (recent and based on
real events in several countries):
How to Royally Annoy National Bodies
,----[ Quote ]
| Guide to future monopolists on how to alienate yourself from National Bodies:
|
| 1. Waste NBs time in reviewing monstrous draft specifications
| 2. Claim that these specs can do everything for anyone by standardising
| marketing material
| 3. If you don't get your way at a certain level, lobby the superior above.
| Dont stop! Go all the way to the head of the nation if you think you can!
| 4. Leak press stories to journalists to pressure Ministries to make a
| decision. Quick!
| 5. Try to shut down TCs if actual technical work is done revealing issues
| with your plan
| 6. Question Question Question everything (process, fairness, the system,
| members) when things dont go your way
| 7. Otherwise create another TC with friendly experts
| 8. If the NB allows new members just by paying membership fees, encourage
| your business partners to join with marketing funds. Stack-stack-stack it
| high!
| 9. Stalk decision makers, even if it means traveling around the globe with
| them
| 10. Refuse changes in the spec especially if it breaks your product which
| you released prior
| 11. Have private interviews with TC members in the guise of funding for
| their new projects/research grants/interoperability initiatives and
| conveniently talk about their position on your spec.
| 12. Get your Business Partners to write in form letters. Some don't even
| bother to change the templates
| 13. Attend TC meetings uninvited by fabricating business cards
| 14. Send Lawyers in to Technical Committee meetings who prefer not to
| engage in "high-school" debates
| 15. Make rude and inaccurate statements against TC members in public
`----
http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/03/how-to-royally.html
Replace TC with school board or whatever. You probably can see how the same
techniques can be warped to be used in other areas, which they do.
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