Am 2008-06-10 19:04:58, schrieb Jim Allan: > We did some asking when we were considering changing. My contact was > someone who had worked as a consultant with some other companies who had > changed altogther or partially to Linux. He said, when I explained what > we were doing, that he shouldn?t guarantee we would be satisfied if we > made a complete change that that time. In short, he didn?t want our > business, unless we understood there were no guarantees. And we could > guarantee no problems if we didn?t make the change.
Even IF you install a NEW enterprise using M$ software, there is NO
waranty it works...
This is WHY enterprises pay specialists WHO design the IT infrastructure
of an enterprise. This is MY Job as Debian GNU/Linux Consultant.
And telling peoples only "that they can not gave a waranty" should
consider to tell the peoples about problems under Windows by creating
an new infrastructure.
Note: Last year I have had a customer which has invested in 2004 over
1.3 million Euro into a designed IT-Infrastructure based on M$
products and Oracle.
Last year this customer was coming to me since I am the only
Debian GNU/LInux Consultant in Strasbourg, whether under Linux
(!!!) he would have the same problems...
After analyzing and consulting some external specialised enter-
prises I have gotten it. Software costs arround 60.000 Euro
and "some" individual adaptions 400.000 Euro (some month of
coding)
In summary, arround a third of the price for M$ based products
and only 4-5 month of coding and not like under Windows 3 years
for NON-Working Closed Source Software.
So, do you have read the EULA from M$? -- tHERE IS no WARANTY for the
software called Microsoft Windows!
Why do peoples think, M$ and Co gove a waranty that it works?
I think, peoples are discuraged about GNU/Linux, because WE TELL OUR
CUSTOMERS THE TRUTH and they do not want to see, that M$ and Co lie over
all...
> Also I?ve learned from experience not to believe anything said by
> someone representing any company that is trying to sell you something.
:-)
> They are as likely to be bullshitting as honest, or pushing some feature
> they actually know little about. And they may believe they are being honest.
And then if someone (a Linux-Enterprise) tell peoples, there is no
waranty that it works, they say: "GNU/Linux is crap!"
> > Why is it that many businesses use Linux or Unix on their servers, if
> > there are no programs to use? :-(
Because: Server != Workstation
I would not even TRY to run my OWN PostgreSQL database of over 1 TByte
on a Windows machine and a hand full of my customers have PostgreSQL 8.2
Databases from over 20 TByte and File Servers with 200 TByte. This is
the Business wher M$ and Co Kicked-Off.
Oh, there are even solutions where Foxpro can be replaced by PostgreSQL
and a commercial Front-End similar to Foxpro... Price is arround 600 €.
> I never said there were no programs to use for servers.
:-)
> But should I take it that your opinion is that everyone, every airline,
This can easyly be switched because there is already software runing
under GNU/Linux for it which is effectivly NOT CHEAPER then the M$
software.
Security and Certification IS expensice.
> every scientific institution, every computerized shoe factory should
The SOftware under GNU/Linux would be not more expensive and there are
already PROFESSIONEL productions software for such case.
> immediately completely switch to Linux regardless of whether the
> software they are now using has a counterpart on Linux? That seems to me
> to be an absurd opinion.
The "counterparts" have to be examined...
> Even OpenOffice refuses to support OpenType on Linux. That seems to me
> absurd also. But it should make it clear that no operating system will
> be perfect with every program.
No clue about it...
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
Michelle Konzack
Systemadministrator
24V Electronic Engineer
Tamay Dogan Network
Debian GNU/Linux Consultant
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