I am very sorry for not coming to your meeting. Cinco de Mayo sort of snuck up
on me.
I was interested in how people were seeing the non-server business
integration of Linux. We have some systems that we deal with regularly and a
few that we are looking into. We are finding it more and more, but not always
very obvious. Such as hard drive NAS units that rely on Linux cores. We have
had to learn to gain root access to some devices in order to try and retrieve
data. Also things that should be simple, turn out to be either orvertly
complicated or just not supported. We are finding more and more that Linux
solutions offer more in the way of cross-platform compatibility, but at a cost
of ease of use. An example of this is trying to print from iPads across
multiple subnets. Finally, the use of Linux boot disks to "hack" user accounts
and extract data that customers have either forgotten about, or has been locked
by disgruntled employees, along with gaining access to scan for viruses and the
like, has been extremely helpful.
Has anyone else seen the business world becoming more receptive to Linux in
a non-server fashion? I can see that Andoid devices help a little, but does
the average business person know, or care, what is running on their phone? Has
anyone seen an increase in people understanding the meaning of open-source
software and seeking it out rather than just assuming it means no-cost
software? We work witha few schools that have computer classes, but to my
knowledge there is very little discussion of Linux. Is the actual use more
prevelent and is there a greater need for such classes / information than is
being shown to students, or has it not achieved the need yet?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Andy Elser
Quoting Christer Watson <[email protected]>:
> Fort Wayne LUG,
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> Anthony's at 7 o'clock. If you are inclined, come out and enjoy some
> food, drink and talk about whatever happens to come up.
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> --Christer Watson
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