how many amount of government departments are using microsoft win.

[Guest]

I was just wondering from a conversation i have had with an it company
director regarding the possibiliy of him doing public sector work but he
thinks that they may be all specialised systems that are not generally
microsoft office based like 90% of private sector companies use. Could you
please satisfy my curiosity and roughly tell me what % of the public sector
is using microsoft office based systems that an it company could potentially
undertake work for, even though he is only a specialist with microsoft
systems that are similar to small to medium size business (SME's) ?

 

[Joseph Meehan]

I was just wondering from a conversation i have had with an it company
director regarding the possibiliy of him doing public sector work but
he thinks that they may be all specialised systems that are not
generally microsoft office based like 90% of private sector companies
use. Could you please satisfy my curiosity and roughly tell me what %
of the public sector is using microsoft office based systems that an
it company could potentially undertake work for, even though he is
only a specialist with microsoft systems that are similar to small to
medium size business (SME's) ?

Having worked in a State tax department for 30 years, I can safely say
government does use Microsoft products including Access the subject of this
newsgroup.

It is used at different levels just like any large business. The
Microsoft Office products are solutions for many problems but not all.
Government sometimes struggles to learn the best tools to use just as
private industry does.

 

[Arvin Meyer]

There are a few government systems which do not use Windows based
workstations. Most government systems (over 90%) that I worked on used
Windows as an Operating System.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access downloads:
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access

 

[Van T. Dinh]

Not sure which country you are talking about but all Government depts I have
worked with using Windows and Office as "Enterprise" application suite.
There are, of course, highly-ranked users insisting on their favourites
which have to be accommodated in occasions.