Re: [PHP] PHP Manual problems

[email protected] (Richard Quadling)
Newsgroups php.general
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On 10 February 2010 13:02, Ashley Sheridan <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've not had any personal experience with the public sector, but I have
> heard stories from those who have. By all accounts, it seems that most
> of the public sector is still stuck in the dark ages with regards to
> technology, which could go some way to explaining the abysmal failure
> rate of public sector projects! Open source in this sector would be a
> perfect solution in most cases, but it's shunned because of fear of the
> unknown and worry that anything free is worth the money paid for it.

I used to work for a company creating Payroll/Personal software. Our
software was cheaper than the BIG boys, and several times, when it
came to getting it into councils where there was little tech
knowledge/skills, the lower prices worked against us.

And once they knew the price, we couldn't just hike it up to get the deal.

Dark ages indeed!


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