On Thursday 11 September 2003 07:36, Clive Menzies wrote: > On (10/09/03 15:29), Pigeon wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 05:21:56PM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:21:23 +0100, > > > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 04:57:05AM +0100, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > > > on Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 04:09:43AM +0100, Pigeon > > > > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:> From the current issue of RAIL > > > > > magazine:> > > > > > > > > > > > "Network Rail is seeking tenders to replace its Windows NT > > > > > > system, which Microsoft abandons in December. NR has 10,000 > > > > > > desktop computers, 2,900 laptops and 300 servers - the equivalent > > > > > > of one computer for each track mile it owns!" > > > > > > > > > > And where might Network Rail be? I'm guessing UK: > > > > > > > > > > http://www.networkrail.co.uk/ > > > > > > > > > > No current GNU/Linux position openings listed. > > > > > > > > If they're "seeking tenders", that means they're looking for > > > > third-party companies to whom they can contract out the work, not > > > > offering jobs themselves. > > > > > > ..which again means any of us can set up a company to take this > > > business. ;-) Any of you guys based in the UK wanna join in? > > > > That was my thinking when I made the original post. Personally, I have > > zero experience of that sort of thing and I tend to drive business > > people nuts. But I'm sure there are UK people on this list who would > > be able to do something useful. > > I'm London (UK) based and have a business background. I lack the > technical skills and knowledge to approach this but I'd be happy to > contribute. > > I lurk on this list generally to expand my knowledge and > have been a beneficiary of your collective wisdom and individual > knowledge ;) > > Regards > > Clive > > http://www.clivemenzies.co.uk > strategies for business
This can be done! There is an international engineering consortium that has no corporate head office, they exist on the net, with administration stretched over three continents, that rarely meet. Let's take out British Rail! Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
