[AusNOG] Simon Hackett's slide deck from AusNOG 2014 with added audio

[Stuart Low]

Just call Clive he'll solve it... ;)

> On 10 Sep 2014, at 6:11 pm, Matt Palmer <mpalmer at hezmatt.org> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 05:07:22PM +1000, Mike Everest wrote:
>>> I agree entirely.  The fault with Labor's FTTP model wasn't with the
>>> technology, it was with the implementation processes.
>> 
>> True as that sure is, I wonder how likely it is that implementation will
>> be improved under the new regime?  After all, it's the same company, the
>> same bureaucratic behemoth, and the same reels of red tape.  I can't
>> imagine how implementation processes will change much :-/
> 
> Well, NSW's suburban passenger rail operator was trying to do electronic
> ticketing for, what, 15 years, under successive Labour governments, and
> never got anywhere.  Had a coalition state government for, what, 3 years
> now?  And I haven't used a paper ticket in nearly six months.
> 
> My view of the situation is that we've got one party that's willing to
> invest in infrastructure, but couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery (they
> don't have a problem in brothels, though -- at least as long as they've got
> a union credit card handy), while the other side is pretty good at
> delivering projects, but the only projects they run are sell-offs of
> infrastructure.  Pity we can't have a party that's willing to invest *and*
> can actually deliver something.
> 
> - Matt
> 
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