Peter
Open Source is hugely relevant from a support point of view
Look at it this way with an open source product and the internet you have a
huge resource of
hugely talented people who will fix your problem - for free
Q
"How many software support consultants does it take to change a Lightbulb?"
A
"None - the lightbulb works fine in our office"
Regards
Neven
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter G Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, 12 June 2000 20:04
Subject: Re: [DUG]: Re:: Laurence Bevan - LINUX - It will NEVER make its
mark on thedesktop
> >From a corporate point of view, I would see this as the most sifgnificatn
> reason for change - esp. in NZ. Open source is not relevant unless your a
> geek or a hacker or a programmer who like to twiddle.
>
>
> >From: "Richard Vowles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: [DUG]: Re:: Laurence Bevan - LINUX - It will NEVER make its
> >mark on the desktop
> >Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 12:41:12 +1200
> >
> >This should perhaps go to off topic, but I'll make a comment -
> >
> >I think the big win is in providing the features that an NT Workstation
> >would have without the licensing costs. An organisation with 100 users
> >could
> >say 1/2 million dollars in licensing costs. It costs around $4k to get an
> >RHCE and all the infrastructure software is free. The cost saving is
> >incredible! And with MS doing some serious nasties with licensing now
(see
> >http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/06/08/0647212) I can see them
digging
> >their own grave...
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Neven MacEwan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 10:37 AM
> >Subject: [DUG]: Re:: Laurence Bevan - LINUX - It will NEVER make its mark
> >on
> >the desktop
> >
> >
> > > Laurence
> > >
> > > I was working in the computer industry in the 80's
> > > Gradutated 1984 set up MWK as MacEwan Wilinson in 1986 and you are
> > > somewhat mistaken
> > >
> > > Comparing early PC Unix (Xenix, SCO, Novell) is erroneous for the
> >following
> > > reasons
> > >
> > > 1/ They weren't open sourced
> > > 2/ The internet didn't exist
> >
> >
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