I completely agree, IT politic's all to often drive software choices.This his how Microsoft has gained such a stronghold on the market. Microsoft has a very strong loyal mindshare with it's MCSE and other classes. I have often found it ironic how spellbound students are when they take a class. Most students don't want to hear any dissent or want to know the weaknesses of a given software. After the students and companies spend a bunch of money on classes and ELA's (Enterprise licensce agreements), they are unwilling to switch to consider other software.
--- Tom O'Toole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2005-12-31 at 17:56 -0800, Stewart Stremler > wrote: > > begin quoting Randall Shimizu as of Sat, Dec 31, > 2005 at 04:02:21PM -0800: > > [...] > > > Well stupid seems like a oversimplification to > me. There is a lot of > > > IS people who don't realize the full > ramifications of let's say > > > Excheange which requires AD and then IIS for > web access. They then > > > discover that IE is required and which has > then opened their > > > environment to a bunch of viruses and worms. > > > > IS people who didn't do the *minimum* research > required before > > adopting software? > > > > Home users I can understand... they don't have the > time or resources > > to do more than a cursory investigation. But > corporate users? When > > even a *minimal* level of research would have > revealed these things? > > > > The political facts are that decisions > about what software will be used are usually made by > non-technical > people for a variety of non-technical reasons, some > of which may > unjustified, and some of which are open to > manipulation by 'market > forces'. A technical review is often not done. > > This is true in most businesses, and one need not > look far for the > the proof - the proliferation of vendor propaganda > vehicles thinly > disguised as 'trade press', in the massive marketing > budgets of these > software companies, and in the people in the > customer businesses who > are targeted for this marketing. Sadly, this is a > much louder and more > persuasive voice than those calling billy bathgates > and his gang of > marauding thieves out. > > > -Tom O'Toole > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
