Michael Moore wrote: > That's kinda what I see as the rub: what's the use of getting the > word out if they people you're getting the word out to are satisfied > enough with what they have? As a total rank amateur Linux user -- not > a programmer, not a software professional, almost no idea what goes on > in IT departments -- it seems to me the fastest road to Linux > visibilty is to make business cases for Linux adoption by businesses, > whether profit-making business or non-profits. Then the employees of > those businesses get exposure and experience and realize Linux can > work for them as well as (or better than) Windows or OS X. (Or, no > doubt, some decide they like one of the others better, but at least > they make an informed decision.) So my question, for those who are > professionals, is why isn't this happening more than it is? > > Michael M. This is the pest control model. You put the poison out to the worker's (MS Win & Office) and then they take it back to the nest/home and infect family, friends and neighbors with it.
There are a plethora of reasons why some companies and orgs drop M$ for Linux / FOSS and there are just as many why they don't. I'm surprised every time there's some headline about a company or municipality switching to Linux and then after I read the article I'm dumbfounded why other's don't. I think Linux / FOSS is going to work the other way around. I just found out from an ex-colleague that a large hospital I worked switched from the Blackberry to the iPhone because so many people had them and were using them at work that IT eventually caved in and supported them. A lot of consumer tech is using non-M$ software. This is why I think it's so important to work from the outside/in or bottom/up. Besides, Linux / FOSS is for the people by the people! _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
