> without > guarantees about > its longevity, it could be a wrong choice. > > How can I reply to this objection ?
i think for most companies the issues are (a) lack of people with skills to build and maintain plan9 systems and (b) most IT departments are used to -- and seek -- point solutions that solve specific problems and have easy management interfaces. in my opinion the easiest way to sell an enterprise solution is to sell it as a hardware component; it's doubly true of systems that take advantage of good technologies that IT has not heard of (yet). -Skip
