> not ready for the enterprise--as in where it can't compete--then there > would be something to talk about. But as it was, the column was just a
Linux being ready for the "enterprise" is not the question. The question is rather "is the enterprise ready for Linux"? Mainframe-level entities (JD Edwards/People Soft/ SAP) software could probably run on a beefed-up Linux machine (our boat anchor at Revo ran JD Endwards on AS/400 and had gigs of RAM). Linux, and the open source movement in general, is a classic example of paradigm shift. Management doesn't get paradigm shift all that often. The one big obstacle to open source / Linux is the idea that anything one gets from the "internet" could be loaded with virii and g-d knows what else. Ergo, all software has to be purchased shrink-wrapped with manuals, support contracts, licences, and etc. And if Purchasing doesn't know about you, they can't buy you. I ran into this attitude back in the days of Denial Of Service (DOS) shareware. There were quite a few useful tools back then -- management would say "virus" if you tried to use them. > Todd
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