Trying to understand the perspective of the 'business people,' as we call them in mixed company, I can kind of understand.
First off, Redhat is like the IBM/Microsoft of Linux, so selling management on why Linux != Redhat is a challenge. So lets say you tell them they can run their ancient, junky machines and they'll scream and the security is serious, and it's updated like every 20 seconds, and they bob their heads around like you're getting to them. Now you need to close the deal. Redhat has training classes, certification, and professional services. Reassuring. Mitigated risk, is what those business types call it. And version #s make life easier for some people. Seems reasonable to me to come out with a CD every 6 months with the stable, tested Gentoo of that moment, easily updated each 6 months, and offer training (& a book) and certification. I'd personally lean toward making the CD have a nice installer with hardware detection, possibly built off of Knoppix. Anyone else find this interesting? Josh >Date: Wednesday, 02 April 2003 18:00:57 -0600 >From: Mitchell James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Save address] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] survey: gentoo corporate usage? >[Show all headers] [Printer-friendly version] > >We are using Gentoo for image generation systems used for high end >training simulators (our product). The IT department supplies Redhat >for the desktop systems. This is more a problem of IT being able to get >certified training on Redhat and therefore something that they feel that >they can put on a resume for the next job. > > Also IT is not interested in having current updates on the desktop, all >they want is one stable load that can last several years before the next >update. They have just decided to go to Redhat 8.0 from 7.2. That >should happen in the next year. Most of the desktops still run Windows >2000 or earlier. > >Gentoo must have a CD distribution with certified training classes >before it has a chance at my company. > >I also have had problems acheiving a stable configuration and wouldn't >recommend your standard desktop user be exposed to that much pain. > >Mitchell James > ==================================================================== EASY and FREE access to your email anywhere: http://kralweb.com/mail ==================================================================== Need cheap webhosting? Visit: http://genialt.no ==================================================================== -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
