On 3/20/08, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I been trying (rather unsuccessfully) to convince various clients and > employers to adopt OpenBSD. Most people, I find, are resistent to > change and would not use anything they are not familiar with. Others > would say that if I leave the job, it would be hard to find people who > can use (or even heard of) OpenBSD and in some places Management never > heard of OpenBSD and have very little clue as to how good or bad it is > compared to Linux/ Solaris and Windows thus they will just knock off > the proposal in 2 seconds. > > Is there any way I could convince these people to make the move to > OpenBSD? Suggestions, tips and tricks along with real life examples > would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Managers are all alike. Their priority is to save their asses, to have someone to blame in case of problems. That's why they spend a lot of money in big contracts with Big Companies and don't like to take any risk with software that doesn't have commercial support. I've been lucky, because wherever I have gone, the network is a mess. That gives me the justification to "fix the problem" with that wonderful, security-oriented and free tool called OpenBSD. After that, I've documented every maintenance task. That way your manager can be confident that, when a truck hits you, anyone can get the documentation and keep maintaining the thing. -- Gerardo Santana
