[LINK] Microsoft MD to chair govt ICT advisory board

[Jan Whitaker]

At 10:25 AM 3/09/2006, Brenda Aynsley wrote:

>I think we have to expect that there is still a lot of work to be done to 
>increase awareness of alternatives and the folks at Linux Australia are 
>gaining traction in that regard along with the Open Source Industry Australia.

That is good to hear, Brenda, Vamos being a good guy. I guess my point was 
that it is dangerous to equate ICT with using a PC! There is a HUGE 
industry of other aspects that must be represented in the definition. And, 
it's not just hardware (T) and infrastructure.

The I = Information is often overlooked or just treated as 'software', when 
it, too, is a much broader area. Content is as much part of the ICT world, 
or should be, else there is no reason for the T or C (communications 
channels). Structuring, preserving, presenting, etc that content should be 
an area of contribution to economic growth as it is about as 'clean' and 
'low water' an enterprise as you can get. And the research minds are here 
to address it. I don't know the companies represented on the panel to be 
able to tell if these Information interests are represented. Maybe Canon is 
one that does.

Jan


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