DaZZa wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Grant Parnell wrote:
>
> > >Morons. I'm taking my business elsewhere - to someone who supports
> > >"Unix".
> > If you find one that says it supports unix let me know. In the
> > meantime I'm pretty happy with the StGeorge System. As for their
> > support, well just tell em you're using Netscape, don't mention the
> > operating system and all will be well :-)
>
> Oh, I know it works - that was my point. I've been using it on "Unix" for
> 12 months - but the minute they see a support request from someone who
> says "Unix" in the command line, they pass the buck by saying "We don't
> support Unix, go away".
A common syndrome that goes beyond banking. In my day job implementing
B2B e-commerce, as soon as someone like Ariba find we are doing
all of our development work on Linux, they cop out and say
"We don't support Unix"
This is direct fallout of the Windows monopoly on the desktop.
Apparently ill-informed IT depts assume that not only the desktop
is owned by MS, but all back-end development is done on Windows
servers, which of course is extremely laughable.
The problem lies in confusing the platform with the application.
Footnote: we've developed multi-protocol B2B solutions with a few
man-weeks of effort, using totally open source componentry on Linux,
at about 1/100th the 'retail cost' for the equivalent B2B 'plugins'
provided by vendors like Oracle and SAP. Interesting to say the least.
Oh .. and the most workable systems we've come up with work best,
amazingly enough, work best when the underlying protocols are open and
non-proprietary. Imagine that.
--
Rick Welykochy || Praxis Services Pty Limited
--
SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/
More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
