Curious... Why does he state that running Red Hat at the server level is more expensive than running MS? I assume he has some niche in mind that matches that criteria? I've helped out a lot of businesses and I can't think of a place where that statement would be valid.
On the otherhand, his main thesis, that Notes pretty much sucks... I agree with that. IBM needs to open up that app and let the dust out and the light in. Jon ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, February 16, 2007 9:46 am Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Harsh statements from Forbes with regard to IBM's Linux spin To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <[email protected]> > >From Daniel: > > "Lotus Notes is far and away the most horrible software on the > planet." > Amen, brother. I suffer through this crap software experience > every single > working day. > > "On top of that, once customers start using Notes, it's really hard > for them > to switch." > > Very true. It is nearly impossible to retrieve data out of a Notes > "database". Oracle? Easy. MySQL, Postgres, and other database in > theworld (almost)? Easy. Notes? I'd rather poke my eyeballs with > ink pens. > > Notes sucks, and that's a fact. > > Greg > > On 2/15/07, Glen Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Perhaps off topic, but I thought it was very interesting the > level of > > distastes expressed Daniel Lyons is a Senior Editor at Forbes. > > > > http://www.forbes.com/2007/02/12/ibm-open-source-tech-enter- > cz_dl_0212ibm.html?partner=technology_newsletter> you will get > annoying ad with this URL, just click to skip (kinda rolls > > of the tongue) > > > > /glen > > > > > > -- > > Finance for the Little Fish > > http://penny-jar.blogspot.com/ > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug> TriLUG > Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilugTriLUG Organizational > FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
