On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 12:35 AM, andrelst <[email protected]> wrote:
> It can be done, but in the real world it is very hard to do. I used to > be a young grasshopper and idealistic. Have become a pragmatic guy... > dedicated logic and common sense, and suffer the consequence whether > it's good or bad. even if it is very very hard and can be done then lets do it. > But there is still some idealism left. Give it another 10 years, you > become a skeptic and shout "Get off my lawn!" :) that happens if you didn't get very rich by then. i agree my mileage maybe shorter say 5 years. but before that happens then ill stay this way. > Companies don't buy software because of philosophy of "Open Source" or > it's free, they buy it based on support, scalability and features. most companies are really there to earn. take for example a plastic or a cigarette company. they should know that what they produce will be detrimental to the environment or health but they do it anyway. > They don't ask, "is this FAX Machine hardware or software open > source?". they should start asking. on the hardware part just be sure spare parts are not proprietary. > It's like attempting to use Zimbra because it's Open Source > to replace MS Exchange... and your boss is scratching his head why, > when 25,000 of the company uses MS Exchange and they are okay with it. you are a good candidate to replace your boss. > But you sometimes gamble to thrust Open Source software because you > know it's the right tool for the right job. Like when I pushed to > include rsync on one of the key software to manage almost a thousand > physical servers on Solaris, AIX and HP-UX everyday on a bank. In > retrospect, It was a bit preposterous, putting my job on the line. But > hey, you know it works you pushed for it slowly but surely. wow! galing mo. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
