On 19/07/06, Habeeb Zainuddine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Found this story at MS.COM, a dubai based company (GPS) migrates from Linux > to Win for their email system. > > http://www.microsoft.com/malaysia/business/casestudies/linkpage4223.asp >
Hey Guys i have the inside scoop on this one. GPS migration from Linux was due to Microsoft FUD. GPS don't have a dedicated IT staff, and use a local dubai based IT support company located in the Sultan Business Centre... who's name I shall not divulge at this point. Anyway this company hates, linux, and when they end up in a bidding war against Linux, which they cannot win, they tell the client huge amounts of lies and BS in order to ensure that they take the path of least resistance... I.e. Microsoft. The company suddenly becomes scared of migrating to a "geeky operating system, with little to no software / vendor support" I have now heard this speech from two different companies whom I have migrated to linux / BSD mail servers, and both of which were told the same story by the same IT company. The sad reality, is that if you are a company, and solely rely on one organisation for your IT support you only ever hear one side of the story, and if you are dealing with a Microsoft only shop then the side of they story that you hear will not be one of vendor neutrality and open source. daN -- _____________________________________________________________ " They that can give up liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin 1706 - 1790 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/0XFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dubailug/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
