On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 10:47, Adam Augustine wrote: > Bryan Murdock wrote: > > > I'll tell you why, because IBM, HP (which now includes the old Compaq > > and DEC), and others have never had any success selling their own > > proprietary software. They've never been any good at it. Name a piece > > of IBM or HP proprietary software, that they came up with, that they've > > been able to sell. > > Uhm... HP OpenView. It sells ridiculously well, and for an absurdly > overpriced price. > > I don't think that argument is why they are embracing Open Source.
Dang, you got me. So they have one good piece of proprietary software, out of all of the IBM, HP, etc. giants :) I still think that is why they are going Open Source. That and they are primarily hardware companies, or services companies these days, and if Linux will sell their hardware then they will by all means us it. Plus, on all their consulting contracts that they are doing either their customers are demanding it, or they are able to offer lower prices and win contracts by using it. I don't believe for a second that HP and IBM are simply embracing Free software because it is the ethical thing to do. Why are they still selling tons of desktops/laptops with windows pre-installed? Why do I still have to talk to a crappy exchange server to read my corporate email? Bryan > > Adam Augustine > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
