On Tue, 31 Mar 1998 00:06:07 -0500 (EST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>On 30 Mar, Dave Wreski wrote:
>>> We are aware that there can be significant resistance inside
>>> organisations to using Linux (usually based on misconceptions about
>>> Linux compared to other operating systems).
>
>You know, this may be one of the most important things we could talk
>about once we move beyond "How come I can't telnet in as root?" type
>questions.
>
>The management issue here almost entirely economic. Show Senior
>management significant value for their budget dollars/time (same
>thing!) and you'll make a sale, almost everytime. I have, only
>recently, begun to win some battles with RH.
The company I work for is about to make a major investment in MS
software and the hardware required to run them. I would love to push
Linux as a cheap alternative, but in good conscience I just don't think
I can just yet. The problem isn't that OS, it's the fact that we just
don't have the application base that MS does. The primary application
we need is the MS Mail/Word/Excel combination, with the nice
integration that lets us imbed data files in various mail messages.
Also need Mail's revision tracking features. If there are any Linux
applications that can duplicate that functionality I am not aware of
them.
If we could *REALLY* count on being able to run MS Windows apps on
Linux it would be a different story, we just aren't there yet.
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