At 07:27 PM 3/30/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Dave,
> Some very good points here. I work in an enviorment that no one knows
>hardly a thing about Unix. They are mostly Microsoft folks. We have and
>had projects that Linux would have done much better at, but because these
>folks are not in touch with Unix or Linux, they went the way of DOS and all
>it's limitations and strange work arounds. Now they are re-designing some
>systems to get over these limitations and are advocating NT as the fix to
>everything.
> Only one other person in my Org is even vaguely familiar with Linux and
>he is in a position to influence what OS to choose, which is NT.
> I am a strong advocate of using Linux, basically for the price and the
>ability to do exactly what we want, however there is so much opposition to
>using Unix, let alone Linux that I hardly am heard.
> One of our project was to involve a Mixi card and GPIB equipment. I
>found the needed drivers to the GPIB equipment but was unable to find
>anything for a Mixi card. We use a National Instruments GPIB controller and
>asked them if they would consider making drivers for Linux, but they said
>there just wasn't enough call for this to develop it.
> I suspect that if Linux did get more advertisement it would start to look
>like a viable alternative to the big boys UNIX's.
> Heck I've even spoke with many of our Sun Admins about using Linux and
>their response was "It's a nice home OS if you want to play around". They
>don't take Linux very serious but from what I have seen on some of their
>systems, Linux would have worked just fine for the application and many
>times better at some of it.
> I do believe Linux needs more exposure, especially in the more read
>magazines and more articles as to what it can/has done in the Unix world.
>
>
> Help, I'm stuck in a NT enviorment with a Unix attitude.
>... Steve
>
I'm in a bit of a similar situation. I work for a company which primarily
sets up and maintains networks and PCs for medium sized businesses. I'm
the only employee that has actually used Linux (a couple guys programmed
for mainframes back in the day so they have some Unix experience) and
whenever I suggest even testing out Linux I'll get the response, "Windows
NT does everything better than Linux" or some variation of that. When I
hear statements like that I will always wonder how they came to that
conclusion but then I realized that there are two reasone for that. The
first is what everybody is talking about, they don't have the exposure to
it to realize that it is a very capable operating system. The second is
that they are probably a bit afraid to give it a chance because they spent
A LOT of time and money getting NT certification, attending seminars, and
learning software. Our customers hang on our every last word so where is
the motivation for our company to change? Of course, all software costs
are passed on to our customers.
Will
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