That was surreal.... TimH
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Bob Miller > Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 1:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [EUG-LUG:3339] Eugene Free Software Successes page > > > You know what would be cool? A page on euglug.org where we could > record some of the stuff people in Eugene are doing with free > software. Kind of a local free software references page. > > Companies I can think of off the top of my head: > > Willamette.net > B&H Engineers > EFN > U of O (probably many stories here at various departments) > Petersen Arne > ORCAS > PremiereLink > > It'd be good to have a brief description of what the organization > does, how many people it has, what services they're running on BSD or > Linux, and a spicy quote from someone at the company -- "I used to > spend 12 hours a week rebooting our Exchange server. Now that we run > our mail on Linux, I never have to touch it." Emphasis more on > reliability and time/cost savings than on freeness. > > Example (note, this is fiction, sorry, Tim): > > "BSD Unix gives me time to focus on B&H's future needs." > -- Tim Howe, B&H Engineers > > B&H Engineers is one of Lane County's leading engineering > services companies. B&H employs 50 engineers, draftspeople, > and clerical workers between its downtown offices and two > field offices in Blachly and Oak Ridge. In the last two > years, network administrator Tim Howe has migrated most of the > company's services, from email to backups to advanced finite > element simulations, to a mix of BSD and Linux PCs. Tim's > migration strategy? He targets the proprietary system that > causes him the most pain. "No pain, no gain," quips Tim. > > Then we'd have a place to point people when they say "Who uses Linux > in this town, and what do they use it for?" > > Any interest? > > -- > Bob Miller K<bob> > kbobsoft software consulting > http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
