On Monday, July 22, 2002, at 06:47 , ellem wrote:
> >Reason. > >The thing is, the company I work at has, like most, long been Windows > >based. It's about a year ago now that my vice president asked me about > >going Linux. I was all for it and began the arduous journey of > >understanding Linux, primarily Debian. > > So according to your post you have 1 year of using Linux; correct? You > do not want to run a Linux shop. > > What does your company do? What are the applications you _must_ use? > Power Point? Office? Pagemaker? > Yes, I have about a year of Linux experience and the goal is to turn the company into a Linux/Unix shop. The reason this change in decision by management came about is not due to just economic reasons. A big boost came by virtue of the fact that the VP is on the Board of an organization where they have a Linux (Debian) shop. The only application that is Windows based is Quicken, which they use for accounting (although there are good Linux apps for this.). Anyhow, having seen how well it works in an office environment, I was given the go-ahead to change our office over to Linux. I am starting with servers, but trying to use only Linux/Unix computers for myself in order to best resolve issues that will certainly come up. Only one other employee has been on Linux, but he always uses Terminal Services - so really he was on Windows. One other employee, however, having seen that I can work in Linux and it never crashes (something that drives him nuts) has expressed interest in going over to Linux. It's a good sign. Nonetheless, the VP has expressed no interest in going over himself. However, one other note, we may be in a position to acquire a Solaris server with a bunch of thin client stations. The VP would really like to get it, which surprises me. So maybe change is coming.... > > >OS X is not a free OS like Linux. Your still stuck in the pay for > >licenses situation. Something we were trying to get away from. > > Switching to Linux because it is free is not a good reason to switch. > Along with the stability and 'chic' of being a Linux shop there are > (especially for a new admin/help desk) many pitfalls. Once you're up > and running and knowledgeable it is no more difficult (probably less) > than Windows. I don't know. It seems easier to me to admin LInux than Windows. I can just ssh in to their computer and do what needs to be done. > > > >So, I have a few more days to play around with OS X before I have my > >last opportunity to return the computer for a refund and I am wondering > >what other people more used to OS X would advise. > > This is not a flame, but you people are going about this all wrong. > > > > -- > Lou Moran > http://ellem.dyn.dhs.org:5281/resume/lmoran2002.html > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
