On 3/17/2011 1:50 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 3/17/2011 10:12 AM, Joe Konecny wrote: >> >> I'm not claiming I can explain the solution to his problem but this is a >> good example of why >> microsoft is so successful. MS has MVP's (most valuable professional's) >> (and they aren't >> necessarily on ms's payroll) that hang out in forums and relentless answer >> questions that >> have been asked thousands of times. With the open source world... you are >> usually responded >> to with "rtfm" or "don't let the door hit your ass on the way out." > > And I always thought it was the free lunch that the commercial sales > droids would provide while promoting their expensive product that > explained their popularity over better free versions.
1. That may be part of it. 2. In my experience I have found that quite a few proprietary products work better than the open source equivalent. Don't get me wrong... I love open source and use quite a bit of it. Firefox, Thunderbird, Openoffice, Hylafax, Linux, FreeBSD, Samba, Backuppc... the list goes on... and all in a corporate setting. But quite a few of these cause me problems and headaches compatibility wise that if I wasn't such an open source zealot I would eagerly move to a closed source program. 3. Better watch the use of the word "droid". It's trademarked. ;) > Was there a real question in either of those posts? I don't know. I only caught the tail end responses. He was apparently looking for help in his initial setup. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/