Comment How far does the condition go? (Score 1) 1257
If the administrative depts of the school are running the enterprise apps on Microsoft, the integration, training, and support costs of changing over will eat most of that $2.5 mil. A *somewhat* analagous situation is the Cal State system's moved to CMS, an enterprise management platform from PeopleSoft. High costs, integration challeneges, lots of resistance, etc.
Switching an entire CS department = good idea.
Switching an entire university = don't bother.
Switching an entire CS department = good idea.
Switching an entire university = don't bother.
