[Technical] Interestingcomputers-in-education

[Con Zymaris]

On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 12:29:24PM +1000, Clark, Ian C wrote:
> 
> > as a taxpayer, 
> > I'm furious with the fact that $22 million of my tax dollars 
> > are spent on products where there was no competitive 
> > tendering. As a vendor, I'm furious that a
> > $22 million dollar deal was done without an open competitive 
> > tender. I have therefore lodged a formal complaint with the 
> > ACCC, whose job it is to ensure, among other things, that 
> > governments do run competitve tenders and that actions, like 
> > the one that DE&T takes,
> 
> Hi Con,
> 
> The treasurer, education minister, teachers and parents would wring the
> neck of someone promoting a Kennett-style "user pays voucher" scheme
> like this! Your plan (scrapping the efficiency of a collective
> bargaining deal) actually increases the cost to the taxpayer.

Which is why I'm suggesting that the Department of Education continues to 
do what it currently does, except that it opens up the tenders to other 
vendors besides Microsoft. Simple ;-)


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