I'm an idiot, I mean to say: "I would say the leap from Windows to OS X is much smaller than the leap to Linux."
Jason On Jan 17, 2008 1:56 PM, Jason Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew is right on the money, and I commend him for having the guts to > say it -- I didn't, because I was worried about sounding anti-Linux. > > The only thing I would add is, consider OS X if you're switching from > Windows. I've been at two companies where they have done it, and it > has gone fairly smoothly. I would say the leap from Windows to OS X > is much smaller than the leap to OS X. > > Also, while they are still running Windows, and no matter which path > they take, they should start using things like Firefox and OpenOffice, > to get used to them. > > Jason > > > On Jan 17, 2008 1:24 PM, Andrew Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My advice is to get professional help. The last thing Linux needs is > > another dissatisfied customer. If they really want to move to Linux > > on a large scale they need to figure out how much that's really going > > to cost them and then pay for it. It's never as simple as just > > reinstalling everything. I'm not suggesting any particular company > > but this is not a hobby project. > > > > It sounds like they're a small business. They probably don't have a > > full time sysadmin and they probably shouldn't but you can guarantee > > they'll need someone there full time to hold their hands for the first > > several months if not years. > > > > Moving to Linux right after a colossal failure of Windows doesn't > > sound like a good business move anyway. They ought to wait until the > > fog clears and think about it rationally. Good business decisions > > aren't driven by fear. > > > > They also need to find out how well their windows apps run under wine > > before spending even a dime on a transition as that could be a > > deal-breaker. > > > > Sorry if that sounds anti-Linux, it's not. But I do think that Linux > > is hard to transition to and hard = expensive if time = money. So > > many bad things could come of this. > > > > I'm also going to guess that the real reason this whole thing happened > > is that they were trying not to pay for IT. Either they didn't have a > > sysadmin, they hired the cheapest one they could get, or someone in > > the company (possibly higher up in the company) thought they could do > > it themselves. Also someone trusted McAfee. Ha. > > > > Not knowing what their computing needs are is also very very suspicious. > > > > Okay, must. stop. rant. > > > > And definitely not Gentoo. Unless you've got an IT shop that > > specializes in supporting it at a fair price. > > > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
