This letter was written by an employee of Cal State who
wishes to remain anonymous. However, you can email him at
<calstate@reformed.net>.
I want to let everyone know that California State
University (Cal State, CSU) is planning a system wide
initiative to convert to Windows NT. With the assurance of
Microsoft and the exclusion of Apple, the system will be
linked through an Exchange server* and our so-called
computing life will be made "much easier" (yeah right!).
Email and attachments will flow like magic everywhere within
the system without corruption, and files will open in the
proper applications with ease.
Come on! What pipe dream did Microsoft feed them?
The Chancellor's Office will be the first to switch, and
it's supposed to be the example for the rest of the system.
That means the Chancellor's Office will lose all 500
Macintoshes. The migration meetings are already happening --
and the Chancellor's Office will convert!
The point I want to make is that management is trying to
take away the choice of faculty, students, and staff to use
the OS they like best. This means no Macs, Suns, SGIs
(Iris), etc.
This is wrong. Unfortunately Microsoft has already told
their half-truths, and management is hooked!
This really needs to be addressed. If the ones who
want to use other OS's don't voice themselves, the CSU
system stands to lose a lot (after all the CSU is an
academic institution, not a corporation). This also needs to
be brought to the attention of the California State Academic
Senate. Fortunately Apple still has a lot of support in
academic arenas.
I've tried my best to curtail things, but I'm powerless
to do anything. I'm supposed to be a part of the solution
and not the problem. The resistance will have to come from
outside the Chancellor's Office. Hopefully from the tax
payers, students, and the campuses.
Please pass the word. Please keep myself anonymous,
although I'm here to aid in the cause.
Gone fishing for the summer, 6/13/00.
"Even on the Macintosh, where things are generally considered to be
easier, Murphy's Law seems to work overtime."
Advice presented in good faith, but what works for one may not work
for all. Computers are like that. Please report errors to
Dan Knight
.
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