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Unix migration: Managing the migration

'So it's been great for me, after twelve months of being in IT. ... That was quite good and one of the difficulties has in fact been that because I'm so new to it, in the department, is trying to sort of have enough clout with other parts of the department. For example, technical services downstairs, it's quite tricky if you ask for something they always try and get out of it so unless you start sending emails copied to Gordan and so on, it sometimes a bit difficult to get things done. But saying that as the weeks have gone by, the group has developed a bit more respect for me, and they are much better now than they were earlier on. I think they were quite possessive of the Unix technology and I think once they realised that I did..I knew a little bit, and anything I didn't know I wouldn't try and hack it, I would ask them, once they realised that, they were a lot more cooperative. But from my point of view, as I say, it's been very good, the only thing I'm thinking is it can only be downhill from here.'

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