[wellylug] A little project.... : The pragmatic approach

Lorraine Offord & Tony Wills ajwills at paradise.net.nz
Sat Jul 20 22:34:29 NZST 2002


At 21:19 20-07-02 +1200, Lindsay Hunter wrote:
>We seem to largely agreed that Linux is not ready for this project, that
>Windows is more reliable and more manageable for both users and IT support.
>However, there a couple of risk takers who want to give it a shot.  I would
>like to join with the latter group.  I know a phone box we could use for
>meetings.  :-)
>
>However, if there were more than three of us, I have a work site we can use
>on the weekends.  Should be able to set up to 10 pc's at a time, web access,
>and under cover.  :-)
>
>Perhaps we could meet and see if we know enough to proceed.  We need pilot
>an install in a similar spec PC.  Sat 3 August at Rongotai.  0900.  Lets see
>what we can do?  We don't need to move until we have confidence in both
>Linux and ourselves.
...

I don't know that I agree about that reliability & managability bit!  I
think the main thing is the available experience out there, not the product
intrinsically!!!

I don't like meeting in modern phone boxes ... they don't actually have any
walls, a bit drafty for this time of year!  Your private hangar sounds
better (all this pilot talk at Rongotai :-)

--- Tony


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