On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 08:17:58 +0800, David Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 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. ..lets see, we have the spirit, a business guy in place who can get the tender docs, and we have tech people round the planet who drive business people nuts, sounds like a team. ;-) ..I think this team needs its own mailing list, takers? Something like the debian user mailing lists, please. ;-) ..makes quite a nice co-ordination tool, witness the history of Linux itself, although that was on an usenet group, but I digress. ;-) ..we _may_ have to enforce a stricter regime on pgp/gpg signatures etc on our team list, depending on the BR's requirement on this, they would likely be conserned about security, so our mailing list host might wanna keep this in mind on setting up the project teams's mailing list. ..for a similar achivement, check out the mailing list archives of http://flightgear.org/ and count the number of people. ;-) ..I would think British Rail has _several_ uses for computers, and not just the un-written RailGear.org train simulator, most BR computers will likely be office desktops, some will run heavier stuff, databases, traffic control etc, some will be rather light, such as ticket office firewalls, and I believe I've seen quite a fair lot of the expertize needed, on this list. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
