Re: [Fsfe-uk] Microsoft, Sun & NHS

[Tom Coady]

ian said the following on 07/12/2003 11:39:

> Sun are quoting $50
> per desktop - around £30. Microsoft Schools Agreement is not much more
> but that doesn't take into account the cost of OEM windows on new
> machines. So the worst case scenario is NHS sticking with MS but MS
> making a lot less money from us, the best is to ditch Windows and MS
> Office for Linux and Star Office. To me either is progress so this is
> good news.
>  

According to this http://www.business.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1341432003
Sun have already got the deal. I can't find any reference to the multi 
billion program to develop some sort of integrated system, but I assume 
it was based on windows architectures unless they had the foresight to 
make it platform independent in the procurement spec. A bit of 
background here:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2095-921752,00.html