On Thu, December 24, 2009 10:07 am, Will Prat wrote:
> Being an IT Consultant myself I can understand where he is coming from. While
> there are many solutions out there that will work and often times better and
> cheaper it's almost always a safer bet to go with something more "mainstream".
> If there is ever a problem and you pointed them toward an open source system
> running on a PC vs a "name brand" appliance with support, the consultant is
> often blamed for the decision to use that product even if the problem has
> nothing to do with a failure or limitation of the product.
Gee, my monowall boxes running on Soekris platform are exactly like this. And
I too am an IT contultant, but I use open source whenever it is the best
solution for the customer, which is most of the time.
It is the proprietary solutions that most often fail to perform as advertised,
not the open source ones.
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