Quoting "Matt W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> It sounds like a great idea. As a side note, however, the most important > issue here is support. If you or someone who understands the OS and apps > well will be in daily contact with these people, then recommend away. > However, if these people are stuck with a faulty linux based system and > support is slow, it'll be a bad name for linux and a bad name for the guy > who recommended it. Even if the linux system is more stable than its > windows counterpart; they won't see that, they'll only see a system that is > broken and isn't getting fixed quickly. > > To sway management, I'd recommend setting up linux and apps and getting one > of the non-tech types to sit down and see how well he/she performs. > > Matt This sounds like a great idea. By all means, there is no reason why this can't be done, and done easily. Personally If you are concerned about people reacting to linux in a bad way, set up KDE with OpenOffice, Mozilla, Evolution, and a WinXP theme. There's no reason why they should act that adversely to it. If a company makes a change, and the administration supports it, then I'd say go for it. One of the big things is support. If a user has a hard time accessing his fileshares, then there's problems. But as far as OpenOffice performing well, I would stand behind it %100. This seems like a wonderful opportunity. Art ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
