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To: ProDeath who wrote (172)	8/17/2002 12:41:44 PM
From: Rusty Johnson	Read Replies (3) of 19790

More "innovation" from Microsoft City may get free Microsoft makeover N.O. would be used as a model 08/16/02 By Tara Young Staff writer/The Times-Picayune In a move that the city's chief technology officer said will make New Orleans a "city of the future," Mayor Ray Nagin has entered a preliminary agreement with Microsoft to update computer systems for City Hall and the Police Department free of charge. The only requirement the computer giant has made of the city is that New Orleans let Microsoft use it as a model for marketing the system to other governmental bodies once it is up and running, said Greg Meffert, the city's technology officer. Eventually, he added, the city will have to purchase software from the company, but he said it would be a "minuscule" expense. Microsoft officials could not be reached late Thursday, but Meffert said work on the system will begin within two weeks. Meffert estimated the city will save $100 million by accepting "the gift" of Microsoft's help and software. Because these services are considered a gift, the city won't have to publicly bid the project, he said. nola.com Thanks to slashdot.org

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