Good Morning All, I would like to address this from an outsider's point of view: an American in the Linux industry, who meets with people from all over the world (Including the Philippines) with regards to Linux and Open Source.
At my last Linux World show in Boston, I met a woman from the Philippine Government who was tasked with finding the infrastructure to deploy 1500 Linux / Open Source servers around the Philippines. The directive was due to the Government not wanting to spend the money on MSFT, but also the PROVEN track record of Linux. It seems to me that the Government technology centers / departments could do everyone a great service by talking about their successes, etc. with Linux and Open Source. When companies say there isn't enough of a track record, I'd tell them to look at IBM and Novell to start, then look at the Cities of Munich and Berlin, and several South American countries who have made the switch. I'd tell them to look at what the soon-to-be world's largest super-computer here in the US is running...Linux. The evidence is everywhere. What I see is superior marketing by Microsoft, or some other factor, because based on the evidence alone, the argument that Linux isn't ready is flat-out wrong. Just my two cents (for what that is worth). Dave David R. Meyer Director, Business Development QCD Microsystems, Inc. tel: +1 813.857.4308 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.interstructures.com _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
