[CLUE-Talk] Federal DOI Computer Systems Shifting to Microsoft ADS/Exchange

[Mike Benavides]

Gentleman:

It disturbs me to tell you that the "new" CIO at Department of the
Interior Hord Tipton is using 9/11 and security to standardize the U.S.
Department of the Interior on Microsoft server, desktop, database, web
platforms and email. This will cost you "joe" taxpayer around $17
million dollars. How do I know this I work In the U.S. Office of Surface
Mining Department of Interior as a Computer Information Specialist
fighting for "Open Source" and responsible IT spending. We are the test
case for the Microsoft ADS/Exchange scenario were Carol Sampson our
Budget person and Microsoft only advocate received $900,000 from Hord
Tipton to hire Microsoft consultants and buy "new" hardware to spend all
this money. If we used Lotus Notes on Linux or other options in a "true
cost benefit analysis I could blow them out of the water. So if you
could write your congressman try to find Hord Tipton's email and I will
work the best I can from my end. 

Thanks

Mike Benavides
Installfest Coordinator
Computer Information Specialist
U.S. Department of Interior
Office of Surface Mining