On Sun, 6 Aug 2000, Rick Welykochy wrote:
> > 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"
Fortunately, most of ther stuff I work with actually runs miles better on
Unix, and therefore Unix is the accepted OS platform.
However, one only has to look at ANYTHING financial {MYOB, Banking, Oracle
Financials - the list is endless} to realise that the finance industry is
a bunch of closed minded M$ drones.
> 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.
Your view is slightly more cynical than mine - there *is* light out there
- it's just, well, candle light compared to M$'s lighthouse-like blaze.
But enough candles can light the house - if strategically enough placed!
> The problem lies in confusing the platform with the application.
No, the problem lies in marketing. Specifically, Microsoft's.
> 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.
Ask me if I'm surprised, Rick. :)
DaZZa
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