Getting paid support is generally possible for most infrastructure type open source projects.
- MySQL -> Pay oracle. - Linux -> Pay Redhat or Canonical For smaller non infrastructure type projects there is usually a developer or affiliated company that is happy to take money and be on a retainer in case something goes bad. -Mark On Sep 27, 10:40 am, "Yves S. Garret" <yoursurrogate...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry about this not being CakePHP specific, but rather something being > tangentially related to CakePHP. However, in my organization, there is a > serious issue with convincing management that Open Source is a good idea. > As a result we are stuck with using Windows servers and _forced_ to use > MSSQL. > > Don't get me wrong, I don't hate Microsoft (I run Mac, Windows and Linux at > home) or want to start a flamewar of some sort. However, I would like to > know of some BUSINESS REASONS that I can use to sell to management that this > is not only a good idea, but head and shoulders above our present way of > going. > > My reason for doing this is because it's so much easier to get updates, > fixes and improvements than with a close source approach. Management is > worried about support. I don't really care, I can admin my own box just > fine. They want an approach that will cover their rear ends in case > something bad happens (i.e. someone will come on-site and fix it for them). > Is there consultant group that provides support and other such services in > the Rhode Island area that we could tap into? I'd keep Windows around, but > since we do most of our development on the web, it's kind of pointless to > care too much what OS you're running. -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php