[nzlug] Christchurch firm cleanses Niue govt of open source

[Andrew Errington]

On Wed, 02 May 2007 12:40, you wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 12:01 +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
> > According to wikipedia "In January 2004, Niue was hit by Cyclone Heta,
> > which killed two people and caused extensive damage to the entire
> > island as well as wiping out most of South Alofi."
> >
> > No wonder we never went!
>
> I do recall seeing an article explaining how the WiFi gear was packed
> into a shipping container prior to the big blow. Ah, here it is:
>
> http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=2164
> http://www.niue.nu/iusn/hut.htm
>
> S'funny how I don't recall anyone asking the NZOSS for help in locating
> companies to maintain the Niue systems.

And there are about 2500 people living on Niue.  (And 22000 who aren't).  
2500 compares with a reasonable sized company, which might have less than 
half-a-dozen IT personnel.

Has anyone contacted the Niuen government and asked them if the article is 
true?  At first glance it looks like a puff-piece for SAFI Technologies.

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