if someone can locate this person (and granted all things possible), i will personally visit, interview and write about it.
any clue how to get in touch with them? And if not, any suitable alternative? gary On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 11:16 AM, John Peter Loh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > About two years ago, I saw a Pentium 4 server providing LTSP to about > 80 computers (mixture of 386 to Pentium MMXs) at a manufacturing > plant. They used OOo (not sure what version) and Thunderbird > primarily. Another server acted as a gateway, proxy (their ISP is > SMART Bro) and mail server. > > If I remember it right, I was told that they've been using the same > configuration since 2002. The guy that configured the servers left the > country when we took a peek (and he's probably a member of PLUG, too). > > They were very happy with the configuration being low maintenance and > all. They only had 1 IT personnel. He attended a seminar on Linux then > from there he fixed daily problems with the LTSP server being > overloaded. It was then that they sought for help to upgrade the > servers since they are about to expand. > > Only two computers had Windows installed for opening MS Office > documents that won't open properly on OOo. > > Pretty close to corporate use but that's one case that I'm proud of. > There are a lot of small offices that also moved to Linux. The largest > that I know of has more than 300 computers with Ubuntu. > > Q1: I think it's very ready for corporate desktop. > Q2: When one client of ours saw how Linux worked fine in an office and > how much was paid for the license, he said, "Bill better send me a > card this Christmas." I think it's the cost. > Q3: Lots and lots of preparation for training (user and support) > > Regards, > JP > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 06:02, eric pareja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> hi all, >> >> i know this is a topic that gets regurgitated every now and then, but >> that's the whole point of this post. i'd like to hear what people >> think about this now, how much things have changed since the last time >> this came up. >> >> the basic question is: is linux ready for the corporate desktop? >> >> what things have changed that make it better received and what hasn't? >> >> what strategies do you recommend to those thinking of adopting linux >> on the desktop? >> >> >> xen >> -- >> `..^..' eric pareja ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) lpic-2 | software freedom for all >> |<(e)>| gnu linux python debian edu iosn localization tagalog filipino >> `..v..' foss internationalization usability pusakat philippines free >> "Ang mundo ay aklat, at iisang pahina lamang ang nababasa ng hindi >> naglalakbay." >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- http://kikay.exchange.ph http://mom.exchange.ph http://basketball.exchange.ph http://linux.org.ph ======================= Make life easier for Webmasters! http://spreadfirefox.com/community/?q=user/register&r=137994 _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
