On Apr 16, 2010, at 9:32 AM, Giampaolo Tomassoni wrote:
Unfortunately, the net result will be that the management of the
small
companies running their crappy and old mailing systems will have to
hardly face the fact their mailing box doesn't work anymore
because a
free component in it unreasonably stopped working. This will
decrease
their trust about free software: they are going to buy a new
computer
running Microsoft Exchange Server backed by something else then
ClamAV...
So, rather than update ClamAV and/or their OS, which in the
majority of
cases would involve no monetary expense, users will purchase new
servers and flock en masse to Microsoft, spend thousands more on
Microsoft Windows Server 2010, Exchange, etc and learn new skills to
administer said network.
A crappy and old system can't be easily upgraded: you have to re-
install it
from scratch in the best cases. In the worst, better "reset and
restart"
with new hardware too. When that kind of system get stuck,
management tend
to renew it from scratch anyway.
Since the management itself was bitten by the clamav problem and
knowing how
management often thinks, believe me it won't be too difficult to
know how
things will go in most cases. The manager (because you only get one
person
in the management in very small companies) will shout: "I don't want
to get
into these troubles anymore! The company of my friend X runs
Microsoft and
they didn't experience this!" Because for the management the matter
will
simply be Linux vs. Microsoft: these are probably the only two words
they
know about software (and they may even believe Linux is a company).
Then these companies are far better off buying new servers with
Microsoft software. That way they do not have to be responsible....
Could I ask you a personal question; are you on drugs and if so, can
I have some because that is one hell of a trip you are on?
If you were running an old, outdated version of clamav and
spamassassin, you
could get some by replying to one of that slippery e-mails...
Furthermore, why wouldn't these <quote>small companies running their
crappy and old mailing systems</quote> install updated versions of
the
OS, etc they all ready have installed? Lets face facts, you obviously
have not thought this through. Post back when you have a factually
correct idea of what you are disseminating.
The only thing I'm trying to disseminate here is that running a
successful
open-software project demands for a very responsible approach to
users,
otherwise you may put in danger your project and the open software
acceptability.
Giampaolo
Jerry
[email protected]
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