And please note that Dr. Midgley has captured several years of software development and system selection wisdom in his simple e-mail message - not to be taken lightly. Well done!
Richard Schilling
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrian Midgley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 7:03 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: EEIG
>
>
> FUD dissipation is a necessity.
> What are the conditions that allow an administrator to apply
> this Open SOurce
> stuff?
>
> They would like to know it is in use in lots of places with
> good results...
> some progress on promulgating those lists, but more needed.
>
> They would like to know that there is reliable support
> reliably available
> HP Linuxcare etc - worth building reosurces on that, maybe
> even proptotyping
> a hub system where purchasers and providers of support to
> open source OS and
> applications could trade.
>
> They would like to know there is a difference between "roll your own"
> software by one person and the widespread reuse of components
> from OS upward
> by large numbers of developers and users, and that this is
> going to persists
> depsite commercial attacks.
> More work required.
>
> They may then consider the philosophical high ground, but not
> until they have
> their fears and needs assuaged - like Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
>
> --
> From one of the Linux desktops of Dr Adrian Midgley
> http://www.swis.net/midgley/
>
