On Mon, December 15, 2008 12:27 pm, Paul McNett wrote: > My client is becoming impressed with the price/performance of some Linux > systems I've configured for them using older equipment. But to switch on a > mass scale they'd need to evaluate whether they really need MS Office > instead of OpenOffice (they switched from the latter to the former at the > request of a few vocal users, but management is still more comfortable > with OpenOffice, and I don't think they've seen the productivity benefits > that the users promised with the switch, and those licenses were/are a > huge cost they have to bear with every new computer purchase). > > So, the answer to the thread is: I'm not really pushing Linux to any of > my customers for workstation/desktop at this point, as it wouldn't make > sense given the applications they rely on. Sure, there are replacement > apps, but it would be too costly to switch cold-turkey. > > However, with my eye on the future trends, and my deep knowledge of all 3 > major OS players, and my conclusion that Linux *is* the best OS and *will > always be* improving even more, I'll not be developing *my* applications > using an environment that is prejudiced against one or more of the 3 major > OS players. All apps I've developed > over the past 7 years (web or desktop) have been cross-platform > applications, installable and runnable on Mac, Linux, and Windows. > > It is important for me to not paint my clients into a corner, to > determine their future OS direction, based on the applications they pay me > to write. > > Turns out this was a great choice, as my "main gig client" now has the > flexibility with the commercial app I've developed for them to cheaply > deploy it on these new Netbooks and lease full hardware/software solutions > to their customers with maximum profit potential. > > And it also turns out that a couple of their potential customers are Mac > zealots, so the availability of a Mac version was a big part of making the > sale for them. > > So, my client is already seeing *tangible business benefit* from having a > cross-platform application instead of a Windows-only application. I > expect these benefits to increase over time.
Very cool...what industry is served by your app? _______________________________________________ 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.
