Every auto manufacturer servicing the US no processes facotry communications over the Internet using IE. They require the dealers to use Windows based PCs as part of their franchise agreement, some manufacturers even provide specific PCs with their own blend of settings. GM's Dealerline "almost" works with FF, for instance, but not well enough to be able to use it well. IE is king, therefore M$ is emperor.
That said, there are some places a dealer could use Linux or Mac, but the PITA factor would be sufficiently high to cause anyone in the IT realm to not pursue it deeply or long enough to end up with a good case showing it is worth the savings in license fees for workstations. File sErvers that are used internally may be another story. At this point I defer to Dave Smith, as he is not only as deeply immersed as I am in the retail auto dealer world, he has made several attempts to deploy Linux based machines in his organization. He would be more "boots on the ground" qualified to speak to the specific obstacles he has run into. Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul McNett > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:02 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] Is it really this quiet, or is the eMail service > havingproblems? > > > Gil Hale wrote: > > Did y'all catch the article in this (next) month's PC World, where one > > writer says it may be a good time for folks (small businesses) > to move to > > Linux? Very well done. Unfortunately it would not work with auto > > dealership operations. > > What is special about auto dealers that Linux wouldn't work for them? > What ties them to Windows? Why not break that tie? > > Paul > > > [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.
