On Thu, 2002-03-14 at 15:54, Tom Buskey wrote: > > FWIW, Sun only uses solaris internally.
Not entirely true -- just prior to my leaving Cisco, we had a Sun demo for the new Ultra Sparc III platform, and the sales reps gave us a presentation in Star Office's answer for PowerPoint, running on a RH 6.2 notebook; I was quite under the impression that, where PCs are located, they are either running Solaris or Linux. Now that Solaris x86 has been EoL'd, I'd be willing to bet that most all of the PCs are running Linux... -Ken > I bet the question is more 'How on earth can any company run w/o using > Microsoft?'.... > > Mark Komarinski said: > >This may not be the best answer, but Red Hat uses Linux everywhere. > >I interviewed there last year and everyone from the receptionist to HR > >and (of course) developers had Linux/StarOffice on their desktop. > > > >I asked a few non-tech people working there what they thought and > >they said there was a bit of training to get familiar with how Linux > >worked, but got over it pretty quickly. > > > >-Mark > > > >On Thu, 2002-03-14 at 12:56, Martha Jo McCarthy wrote: > >> Hey there! > >> > >> My last request was a little vauge and narrow and I received > >> some good material but I need more. I thought I'd be more > >> specific and give it another shot. > >> > >> This is what just came down the wire to me from the VP. > >> If you have any input we can use it would be really, really appreciated. > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> -Mjo > >> > >> P.S. and thanks to those who have already given input! > >> > >> > >> ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > >> > >> Subject: LINUX > >> > >> Good Morning Everyone, > >> > >> In order for management to make a decision to convert over to LINUX, we need > >> to have more info on the product. > >> > >> I would like to request that each of you contact several companies who are > >> currently using LINUX. I would like to know the nature of the business, and > >> how LINUX fits there situation. > >> > >> You have presented to us information about the product and everything > >> appears to be positive. What we haven't heard to date are any of the > >> concerns and issues companies have experienced, and I am sure there are > >> some. > >> > >> I am requesting that you refrain from doing anything further with LINUX, > >> until you folks to do the above research, and give management another > >> presentation on your findings. > >> > >> Time is a factor, so I would encourage you to do your research, and be able > >> to give management another presentation on your findings by the first week > >> of April. > >> > >> Thank you for your cooperation. > >> > >> Have a GREAT day! > >> > >> > >> > >> ***************************************************************** > >> To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > >> ***************************************************************** > > > > > > > >***************************************************************** > >To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > >***************************************************************** > > > > -- > ------- > Tom Buskey > > > > ***************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > ***************************************************************** > ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
