On Tue, 25 May 2010 12:03:17 -0400 (EDT), Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> You're missing the point. The main selling point to management >> is that Linux is free. > > No software is entirely without cost. Free Software is no exception. There > are usually no up-front licening fees, sure. However, volunteers work on > whatever they like, and if no one volunteers to maintain and support your > software you may have to pay for that. > > Even with volunteers providing maintenance and support, your specific > requirements may differ from their goals and that will require effort to > resolve. > ... > Also, volunteers are rarely concerned with "market share", losing your > management as users is not necessarily a concern to them. If it is a concern > for you, you may have to put forward some additional effort to address your > management's issues.
All excellent points, Boyd. Fortunately in this case, extlinux appears to be a viable solution. I'll soon know. The guy I need to see about setting a test server to test the backup and restore scenario has been off work with a sick child for the past couple of days, but when he gets back I'll try to prove that it is 100% compatible with our backup software. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1557806589.43087.1274807547943.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
