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http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/...2572CA00102D2D

Interesting points....and some I have seen, pointless selling a
"product" unless you can and are prepared to support it and at a
reasonable cost....

I have seen some bad ripoffs........."Linux is really Unix so we charge
lots for it".....

regards

Thing

thingy wrote:

> http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/...2572CA00102D2D
>
> Interesting points....and some I have seen, pointless selling a
> "product" unless you can and are prepared to support it and at a
> reasonable cost....
>
> I have seen some bad ripoffs........."Linux is really Unix so we charge
> lots for it".....
>
> regards
>
> Thing

There is a thread on a local OSS mailing list about this.
I paste with Names removed, however the names were published in the original
(I'm just not sure if I'm allowed to etc etc)

> I have been corresponding with XXX XXX form the Niue ISP and XXX
> of SAFI, and both are astounded by the Computerworld article.
>
> XXX is unaware of any OSS implementation outside of his operation,
> and believes that statements to the effect that there is no OSS support
> in Niue to be untrue.
>
> I have a long and comprehensive letter from Tim, which I am asking for
> permission to publish. The gist is:
>
> SAFI have put out only one press release on the matter. It is here:
>
http://safitech.com/press_releases/2...t_project.html
>
> They have not said they are replacing ANY OSS as part of this project -
> there are simply none in place. References to purging, wiping out and
> cleansing are therefore figments of Computerworld's fevered imagination.
>
> SAFI's first choice for CMS is generally an OSS solution and their
> primary hosting backbone is Linux-based. Microsoft solutions are being
> used because the staff on the island are already trained to use it.
>
> I hope to divulge Tim's opinion of the article in his own words if I am
> given permission to publish.
>
> Vik :v)

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A: When talking to you, he looks at your shoes instead of at his.

On Thu, 03 May 2007 16:33:19 +1200, thingy wrote:

> http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/...2572CA00102D2D
>
> Interesting points....and some I have seen, pointless selling a
> "product" unless you can and are prepared to support it and at a
> reasonable cost....
>
> I have seen some bad ripoffs........."Linux is really Unix so we charge
> lots for it".....

FYI.

http://www.nzoss.org.nz/node/141

"" ComputerWorld claimed this week that SAFI Technologies would be
cleansing the island of Niue of open source. Those claims have however
been discredited by Tim Johnson, Managing Director of SAFI Technologies. ""


--
Dianthus Mimulus

"You'll have to excuse me — I have a long
bath and a short dress to get into."

Dianthus Mimulus wrote:
> On Thu, 03 May 2007 16:33:19 +1200, thingy wrote:
>
>> http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/...2572CA00102D2D
>>
>> Interesting points....and some I have seen, pointless selling a
>> "product" unless you can and are prepared to support it and at a
>> reasonable cost....
>>
>> I have seen some bad ripoffs........."Linux is really Unix so we charge
>> lots for it".....
>
> FYI.
>
> http://www.nzoss.org.nz/node/141
>
> "" ComputerWorld claimed this week that SAFI Technologies would be
> cleansing the island of Niue of open source. Those claims have however
> been discredited by Tim Johnson, Managing Director of SAFI Technologies. ""
>
>

ah yet another of the fabled MS wins then.....

regards

Thing

FUD, Figment of the Underhanded and Defeated....

On Fri, 04 May 2007 10:53:06 +1200, thingy wrote:

>>> http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/...2572CA00102D2D
[snip - good stuff]
>> http://www.nzoss.org.nz/node/141
>>
>> "" ComputerWorld claimed this week that SAFI Technologies would be
>> cleansing the island of Niue of open source. Those claims have however
>> been discredited by Tim Johnson, Managing Director of SAFI Technologies.
>> ""
>
> ah yet another of the fabled MS wins then.....

Nothing quite like quoting from the manager of the company that is claimed
to be doing what is claimed by a squalid rag such as ComputerWorld. )


--
Dianthus Mimulus

"You'll have to excuse me — I have a long
bath and a short dress to get into."

On Fri, 04 May 2007 10:53:06 +1200, thingy wrote:

> Dianthus Mimulus wrote:
>> On Thu, 03 May 2007 16:33:19 +1200, thingy wrote:
>>
>>> http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/...2572CA00102D2D
>>>
>>> Interesting points....and some I have seen, pointless selling a
>>> "product" unless you can and are prepared to support it and at a
>>> reasonable cost....
>>>
>>> I have seen some bad ripoffs........."Linux is really Unix so we charge
>>> lots for it".....
>>
>> FYI.
>>
>> http://www.nzoss.org.nz/node/141
>>
>> "" ComputerWorld claimed this week that SAFI Technologies would be
>> cleansing the island of Niue of open source. Those claims have however
>> been discredited by Tim Johnson, Managing Director of SAFI Technologies. ""
>>
>>
>
> ah yet another of the fabled MS wins then.....
>
> regards
>
> Thing
>
> FUD, Figment of the Underhanded and Defeated....

Didn't Bill buy the island? I can't remember - so many countries, so
little time.

brianM