Buck,
Your luck will vary depending upon what your business does. At the
company whose network I am in control of, we have a number of Windows
only applications that are for very specific technical tasks. With those
machines, we will be using Windows for the foreseeable future.
However, I am replacing a "Custom" app (If you call molding your
business to the app a custom app.) with a web-based app that will run on
Apache, Linux and some free DB system. (MySQL or Postgres at this time.)
This application will help us in managing the business and track
virtually everything.
Once that is in place, with the new E-mail server, then all future
administrative workstations will be running free software.
This is all being done in my efforts to cut down costs over the life of
the business.
All of that rhetoric about "Training Costs" is BS. If my father, who is
unfortunately suffering from diminished capacity, is able to learn how to
use both a Windows and Linux (KDE 3.0) desktop with just a small amount
of difficulty, any normal person will have no problem learning how to use
a KDE desktop with OpenOffice.
Regards,
Robert Adkins II
IT Manager/Buyer
Impel Industries, Inc.
Ph. 586-254-5800
Fx. 586-254-5804
-----Original Message-----
From: Buck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 1:26 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Robert Adkins
Subject: RE: u.s. government recognizes Linux as
I think it is interesting that Microsoft was named as OS for home and
small business since I believe the govt is its biggest customer. As for
Linux, I don't think it has made it to the home yet, but I believe it is
one of the biggest, if not the biggest operating system for Internet
networks.
As an experiment, I am trying to setup a Linux computer as an office
computer running ALL FREE software. It doesn't mean I won't pay for
some software in the office, but I want to see if I can setup at least
one computer in the network in which there is NO software cost and make
it powerful and usable for the business. I have a home business right
now and I am learning Linux and it's software. First I want to create a
server then I'll work on the desktop idea.
Just my .01, if its worth that much.
Buck
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
On Behalf Of Robert P. J. Day
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 10:03 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: u.s. government recognizes Linux as
<<<<<SNIP>>>>>
1) carefully avoided laying any specific blame by name,
2) made absolutely *no* mention of the possibility of the use
of open source to increase security, and
3) most hysterically, specifically named windows and linux as
operating systems for home and small business use
i just thought the irony was worth sharing.
rday
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