my understanding is that because this was not a new contract - it was basically the re-wording and consiladation of many existing contracts - it didn't have to go to tender. Kate Hanaghan Silicon Media Group +44 207 761 8219 -----Original Message----- From: Mark Evans [mailto:mpe@st-peters-high.devon.sch.uk] Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 4:23 PM To: Robb Bloomfield Cc: suse-linux-uk-schools@suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Re: Health Service MS deal
Is it just me, or is this turning into an anti MS list? If the NHS was spending this cash to implement Solaris with Oracle db's then would you kick up such a fuss? I honestly think not....
The difference is that Sun is not a monopoly, nor have they been found guilty (more than once) of breaking the law. The simple fact is that Microsoft is a quite nasty organisation, who at some time in the past appear to have become something more akin to gangsters and terrorists than an honest business. You also appear to be missing the point that tendering rules may well have been ignored or a tender may have been put together in such a way as to exclude all bar one supplier. -- Mark Evans St. Peter's CofE High School Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109 Fax: +44 1392 204763 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-help@suse.com