1> It is easy to propagate Open Source , when user need a business /personal solution. And when we propose or advice/market , we need to be careful to raise the product features and its use. We did say what is needed for them , nothing more than that
2> First try out Open Source in the server side. The ant-opensource guys wont notice about it . They will always think "It is only for ....." . Nothing to worry about me 3> Purchase dep + user are comfortable with MS$$ . It is really difficult to enter this area Hope it is clear --- On Thu, 1/7/10, Siju George <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Siju George <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ILUG-Cochin.org] It is only for ........ > To: "This List discusses GNU/Linux & GNU, GPL Software" > <[email protected]> > Cc: "TVM LinuxUsersGroup" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, 1 July, 2010, 9:57 AM > Hi I just didnt get what you were > intending to convey through this mail :-( > Could you please explain? > > thanks > > --Siju > > On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 9:48 AM, John Joseph <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi All > > When SQUID was used for internet sharing in All MS > enviornment respone was :- It is only in the server side , > and It is not doing much other than internet sharing. > > When using Linux OS for ORACLE erp . Explanation > Oracle works well with Linux > > When SAMBA was used for PDC. Explanation was was:- > It is only in the server side > > When Nagious /ZABBIX was used. Explanation was > was:- It is only for monitoring > > When SNORT was used. Explanation was :- It is only > for IDS > > When OpenVPN was used. Explanation was :- It is only > for VPN > > When ISPConfig was used. Explanation was :- It is > only for Web Site management > > when Joomla was used. Explanation was :- It is only > for Web Site hosting > > When Asterisk was used . Explanation was :- It is > only for Phone system > > When DOTproject was used. Explanation was :- It is > only for Project Management > > When UltraMonkey was used. Explanation was :- It is > only for Load Balancing > > When heartbeat was used. Explanation was :- It is > only for High Avaliablity > > When Amanda/BackuPC was used. Explanation was :- It > is only for Backup > > When Nuxeo was introduced[Not used live so far] :- It > is only for DM > > > > All the above projects when doing, we did not explain > anything other than what than addressing the requirement, > and It showed results > > > > Finding extremely difficult to push OS at desktop > level. MS office had made people addicts. They panic and > break thier head if they do not get the daily dose of MS > office . Some kind of treatment we are planning , very > sensitive area. > > thanks > > Joseph John > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > > #[email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > #[email protected] > _______________________________________________ Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org #[email protected]
