On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 04:41:35PM +0200, Igor Sobrado wrote: > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Ross Cameron <abal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Uhm perhaps to provide a better OSPF and BGP implementation to the for an OS > > that is the OS of choice of millions of users and thousands of corporations? > > users and corporations should learn how to choose the operating > systems that best fit their needs instead of choosing the "coolest > operating system of the day" and adapt it to match their real needs. > > requirements come first, then you can choose the best tools to get > that work done, not the reverse. why is it so difficult to > understand? >
many corporations think that it is better to run products based on something that is very common on the market and you easily find cheap staff working on it; especially if you out-source the development or operation to countries like India or China. so from a management perspective, you do not depend on single developers because you can replace everyone with someone else from the global linux "pool", it takes only two weeks to implement a new major feature, and you can drastically reduce your development costs and time-to-market. this will improve your profit, because you will not lower the price of the products, of course. and afterwards you spend two to four years with fixing the bugs of the supposedly working products if you do not get bankrupt or sold, discontinued, or replaced the products before. but you don't have to care if you itend to sell your VC-funded company within the next two years anyways. sorry for the rant, we all like each other, don't we? reyk
