It's a matter of building a critical mass of awareness in the target population (NT admins). One thing that might work is putting together a "dog and pony show" that would explain the difference between linux and various proprietary operating systems. Especially the part about open standards cutting down on vendor lockin, the rapidity of improvement in computing infrastructure, and the manner in which free software lends itself to customization, so that applications can be tailored to fit rather than being part of a big glob of software that's expensive to maintain and difficult to secure.
subtle points that should be made are: Job Security - a localised custom application with an open base requires local experts. Better Usage of Staff Time - with free software, more time can be spent on using IT resources to meet the goals of the business instead of tending to the information services foundation. Less Pressure to Upgrade - free software is more efficient with system resources and thus upgrades can be done at the pace of increase of the needs of the business rather than the needs of the software. Piecemeal Adoption - free software systems can be integrated into the existing network and coexist with proprietary solutions. what do you think. <html><head><title>html sig</title></head><body><div style="font:sans-serif; font-size:72pt;line-height:84pt;color:blue1;"><ul><li>sexy is good</li><li> linux is good</li><li>qed: linux is sexy</li></ul><hr><hr><hr><hr><hr><hr> <a href="http://www.efn.org/~laprice";>laprice at efn dot org</a></body></html> On Sun, 14 Oct 2001, Rob Hudson wrote: > > On 20011014.0054, Bob Miller said ... > > > > TimH wrote: > > > > > I imagine that the right stratagy could turn Eugene, already known for lots > > > of alternative views and ideas, into an 'Open Source' town... It's small > > > enough and there are enough of us to make a difference... > > > > I am sometimes concerned about the opposite happening -- that only > > hippies and weirdos will use open source/free software. I thought > > Linux was going to go mainstream, but now I'm not so sure... > > > > I want Linux to go mainstream. I want Windows to be the fringe OS. > > Is there some sort of FAQ oriented towards the NT administrator. If > there is, I can post a link on the website. If there isn't, we could > start one (maybe wiki it). Something that answers the questions about > how Linux _can_ replace most of NT/2000 functionality in a corporate > environment. > > > -- > Rob <rob_at_euglug_dot_net> > my @euglugCode = qw(v+++ e--- eug+ bsd+++ gnu+ S+++); > > Random Quote: > ------------ > It took the computational power of three Commodore 64s to fly to the > moon. It takes a 486 to run Windows 95. Something is wrong here. >
