I agree. Even if one were to demonstrate the advantages of opensource to the local office, any change in IT policy would have to go through so many layers of bureaucracy that by the time this policy change recieved the attention of the powers that be down in SA, all the certified MCSEs will be fighting to retain their jobs. I mean, why would you need them when your organisation is going opensource. Then there is the issue of how much M$ stands to lose when such a large corporate organisation drops its products. They will probably come out with guns blazing in defence of their products.
On 4/27/05, Mark Tinka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 25 April 2005 13:35, JFL wrote: > > This is typical of any large organisation.They always look at the > > details, not that we dont, but for them, its more about the fear of > > losing money due to unreliable service than lack of appreciation of > > the application. > > If you presented your case with the support of one of the list members > > who is in bed with Novell/SuSE or became one of the OpenExchange > > partners (http://www.openexchange.com/EN/partner/), you could have a > > stronger case. > > But there are also deeper-rooted relationships that cannot be undone by the > goodness of a single package (read: UNIX better than M$), and many times, > they boil down to one guy in the organisation that influences both the hand > of the CEO as well as the vendor. > > Sometimes, things like these are political, and in many corporate > environments, the way to getting change is not how much you know, but how > friendly and close you get to those that make the changes - relationships. > > Mark. > > > Then again, you probably dont have the time to spend chasing a > > dinosour and if its already working, why fix it. > > > > On 4/25/05, Noah Sematimba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Monday 25 April 2005 01:27, JFL wrote: > > > > Hopefully they can be introduced to similar applications that are > > > > available from the the open source communiry. > > > > > > In your dreams. Wire can testify of my drive to introduce OpenExchange > > > and my dismal failure... The problem is always "do we get a support > > > contract, phoe numbers to call, etc?" > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Noah. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >--------------------------- "coffee does not make you nervous. your own > > > inadequacies do that. coffee merely increases your perception of your own > > > inadequacies." --Rob Austein > -- JFL _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
