There was actually additional evidence of this
at the Sequoia meeting, and of Maricopa's interest
in other Free Software. I am not the right person
to provide the info, as I do not know the details.

You are correct, my assumption that they were
immovable is off target.

On Sat, 13 Jul 2002, George Toft wrote:

> One comment - as those of you who were there will recall, Paul Allsing
> followed me out the door - I had a plane to catch and he had a meeting
> to cancel.  In the hallway, he let me know Linux is coming into the
> county, and showed me the Linux Guru in charge of the project (he
> happened to be walking past us at that point).
>
> Linux will be used, just not on the desktop.
>
> George
>
>
> Robert Bushman wrote:
> >
> > The Bad News:
> >
> > As we suspected, Maricopa has no legal obligation
> > to debar Microsoft - it's an option.
> >
> > Maricopa believes that if they did debar Microsoft,
> > Microsoft would fight it.
> >
> > Maricopa perceives no significant pain in its
> > relationship with Microsoft, and sees the price as
> > reasonable.
> >
> > Maricopa perceives significant benefit in its
> > relationship with Microsoft.
> >
> > Maricopa perceives neither motivation nor
> > obligation to debar Microsoft, and will not do so.
> >
> > Maricopa equates market share with trustworthiness.
> > Hence, Linux will not be on any Maricopa desktops
> > in the forseeable future.
> >
> > Maricopa is investing in .NET, and made no mention
> > of developing new systems on alternative platforms.
> >
> > Maricopa has sampled StarOffice, and will keep MS
> > Office as the standard for the forseeable future.
> >
> > And finally, a little humour: Maricopa is dedicated
> > to giving its employees the same OS at the office
> > as they use at home, and Windows proficiency is a
> > prerequisite for employment. Not kidding, these
> > two statements were made sequentially. "You can
> > have any color you want, as long as you want
> > black." - Henry Ford
> >
> > The Good News:
> >
> > Maricopa is considering some trial Linux print
> > and fax servers - no target date.
> >
> > Maricopa has a few non-Microsoft desktops
> > (Macintoshes), and many non-Microsoft servers.
> >
> > Maricopa legacy systems currently run J2EE
> > (WebSphere on HP/UX). There is not currently any
> > plan to migrate legacy systems to .NET.
> >
> > Maricopa targets platform independance regarding
> > their website and public documents.
> >
> > Maricopa was very cordial, and suggested that we
> > do this again sometime.
> >
> > My humble opinion:
> >
> > Maricopa has no serious intent to do anything to
> > alter its dependant relationship with Microsoft,
> > and is not interested in trialing Linux. We are
> > barking up the wrong tree.
> >
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