Wow, since I posted this I have been deludged with
responses with personal experiences, links, and even
a great pdf on the subject!
The most useful responses have talked about the process
itself, some of the pitfalls, etc. It's clear to me that converting
to linux does not need to be (and
On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, at 4:37pm, Martha Jo McCarthy wrote:
There is no sales dept at Union which makes things easier. We need AS/400
connectivity which looks like we are able to tweak out with tn5250. We
have several Access databases that we will convert to PostgreSQL. A Samba
file server
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.
In a message dated: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:56:26 EST
Martha Jo McCarthy said:
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
FWIW, Sun only uses solaris internally.
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
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
Ah, I'm sorry. I have forgotten how little I explained
on the list the first time and was thinking more of what
I explained in private.
Union Telephone, with approximately 60 users is looking
at possibly converting entirely to Linux. Servers and desktops.
If it goes well, BayRing (child
Take a look at http://www.mandrakesbizcases.com and you'll find hundreds
of examples of businesses of all types implementing Linux in every
concievable way.
HTH!
On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Martha Jo McCarthy wrote:
Ah, I'm sorry. I have forgotten how little I explained
on the list the first
