Sunday, August 2, 2009  At the expense of GNU/Linux.  This
article is based on a true story. The names have been changed to
protect the individuals involved. It all occurred in a
government department where an IT lady had a great idea about
converting their computers to GNU/Linux. Let's call her Gillian.
Gillian was assigned to research GNU/Linux and found out that it
would meet all the needs her department required and could be
easily used instead of Microsoft Windows. Moreover, this switch
to open source software would save them a lot of money. Gillian
made a nice proposition outlined in a paper that documented all
the steps she and her IT coworkers needed to take for this
transition to happen. A lot of people liked her idea and thought
it was feasible. Gillian even managed to convince the higher-ups
who thought it was a good idea as well. However, like in all
bureaucracies large or small, she still needed to get approval
from the management. Little did she know that the management
never genuinely wanted to