I am opening a store to try to educate, and sell Linux boxes at the same time.
Computers & Gadgets, Inc. at 4950 South Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando,
Florida 32839, and I hope to serve both the local Linux Users Groups with
Freebies, and share knowledge. I will sell machines at the lowest possible
cost,
around $800 for a sound & video complete computer, 32 MB Ram, 3.2GB hard drive,
2MB video, 32x CDRom, etc. The one trouble is that I have not qualified a web
servor machine, yet. This store actually opens on 25 March, when the phones go
in. I believe enough in Linux, that I have staked my family's future on it.
I have done c/pm on Heathkit H89's up to Win95 on Pentiums, starting in 1970.
I know
a good thing when I see it, and Linus Torvalds and all the thousands of others
including WGS-Linux Mall, Infomagic, and S.U.S.E. (there are probably others I
should mention, but can't think of, in the commercial arena) have put their
best efforts into developing a rock stable operating platform to serve
mankind. Damn
right, I will join up. I will now step down off of my soapbox and let you guys
assist our leadership in applying to a gainful purpose and direction, this
enthusiasm I see on the several Linux distributions networks. I am a retired
USAF technician,
and so now you know where my idealism and patriotism have led me. Give me some
ideas to promote in my endeavors, please.
Wade Hampton wrote:
> Folks, I agree we should send mail to Byte, but lets be polite and
> professional in doing so.
> We should politely point out 1) Why Linux is better, 2) What Linux does
> that NT/Solaris does not,
> and 3) How to best use Linux for WWW servers, and 4) How much a Linux
> box
> costs versus NT or Solaris.
>
> Lets base our mails on FACTS, not opinion or emotion!
>
> Note, cost is several factors:
> 1) Hardware -- Linux will run well on minimal hardware, e.g., for a
> test or departmental
> WWW server, even 8M. NT requires 32M RAM to run well,
> usually more.
> 2) Software -- Linux is free, or less than $50 for Caldera or Red
> Hat. NT is $$.
> NT does NOT include mail client software ($$ for more
> than 10 mail boxes).
> NT does NOT include databases.... etc.
> 3) Setup time -- Linux may be hurt here (but I've had some real hard
> times installing
> NT on older hardware, even not being able to do so)
> 4) Maintenance -- Linux has RPM, NT does not, but NT has GUI setup
> and control programs....
> 5) Downtime -- Linux should win here no problem.
>
> Point out the facts, give examples, give creditable testimony about your
> experiences...
> For example, this is one of my experiences:
>
> My main intranet server is a P75 generic motherboard machine with a
> "doubler" chip. NT
> would NOT load on it -- some of my staff spent about 2 days trying to
> get NT Workstation
> on it to use it for a test machine. It now runs RedHat 4.1 which I
> loaded in a couple of
> hours and has uptimes measured in months.
>
> One problem with magazines like Byte and with software companies that
> produce commercial
> software is that they realize a substantial amount of their revenue from
> Microsoft and/or
> Microsoft-compatible software. How can we compete with that? Marketing
> is
> almost EVERYTHING!
>
> Many of us now 1) expect software to be free, or 2) refuse to pay more
> than $50 for a
> software package. That makes it hard for a commercial software vendor
> to port a
> $500 package to Linux.
>
> We have to convince the folks out there that Linux should be used!
> How do we convince the business majors, accountants, attorneys, doctors,
> and MBA's
> out there that they should support Linux -- technical merit? I think
> not. We have to
> convince them that it is better from a cost perspective, it is a good
> business decision
> to use Linux, to support Linux, and to port their applications to Linux.
>
> How can we do this?
>
> Think about it!
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Wade Hampton
>
> Microsoft should rename Start to Crash per truth in
> advertising laws. Support Sun and the U.S. Government!
>
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