> Problem being that in the sphere of payroll and accounting software for > small to medium sized enterprises, the alternatives just ain't there.
Perhaps not for the PCs with specific tasks, but for where their bread basket is we have an opportunity to use other solutions. M$ no longer owns the File Server, or Web Server market with OS solutions. Nor does it any longer own the SQL Server market with such tremendous solutions available for far less or free. Not all End Users need a Windows OS, for many a Linux OS with OpenOffice and LAN and/or an Internet connection is fine. Leave the Windows OS in place for Payroll and other specific solutions, and use M$ minimally wherever possible. At some point folks will have enough of the tyrant, and either the tyrant will become more gentle, or it will find its support base leaving for gentler territory. I, for one, have already accepted the fact my clients will likely always have to work in a Windows environment for their workstation equipment. But, wherever I can use Linux for a LAN or Internet based Server I will do so. And I have selected PostgreSQL as my RDBMS solution as opposed to M$ SQL Server (still using FoxPro for legacy apps, no need to migrate those, but for anything new it is PostgreSQL and Linux Server). Unto itself my decision will have little impact on M$, but this is one of those "1,000 cuts" things. Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alan Bourke > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 8:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] About OEM WinXP -- continued > > > mrgmhale wrote: > > M$ may end up winning this war eventually, but it is going > > to bleed customers off that will end up finally saying enough > is enough, and > > seek alternatives (Linux, OpenOffice, etc.). > > > > > Problem being that in the sphere of payroll and accounting software for > small to medium sized enterprises, the alternatives just ain't there. > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
