[OT] Companies vs Govt and ELCOT Laptops (Was Re: [Ilugc] Re: ilugc Digest, Vol 50, Issue 19)
- From: kapil@xxxxxxxxxxx (Kapil Hari Paranjape)
- Date: Tue Jul 8 12:51:04 2008
Hello,
On Tue, 08 Jul 2008, abdullah abdul Khadir wrote:
By the way what was that about "I know that its a little hard to
put up with a government organisation, because we have been brought
up in a way to have very negative thoughts about it." Whoever says
such a statement must have never had to deal with a government
organisation himself. It is the same all over the country to a
large extent and hence we prefer and trust private companies over
government ones even if they offer us a cheap deal.
This is a generalisation which is unwarranted.
Suppose I generalise about the quality of software written by private
companies based on my experiences with MicroSoft?
There is red-tape in a number of organisations. Moreover, deliberately
rude people in any organisation can usually be found gathered around
the red-tape admiring it! :-)
This should not detract from the following points:
a. Obtaining a laptop with GNU/Linux pre-installed from a vendor is
next to impossible unless a bulk purchase is made.
b. ELCOT (or some group of people within ELCOT) has made
arrangements for such a bulk purchase on behalf of students of TN.
c. The hardware configuration and price range chosen for this bulk
purchase is adequate for typical usage.
Regards,
Kapil.
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