One of the important things that most Linux/programmer guru's forget is that not everyone is a programmer. There are many small business owners like myself who are fairly tech savvy and are intrigued by the late blooming Linux/Open Source world and would like to use these technologies in their businesses. However, most small business owners do not have the time that is required to learn all of the "difficult" command line stuff- they are too busy trying to earn revenue! (This is why I chose Ubuntu Linux- although it is still impossible to get away from the command line.)
It took me almost a week to get Tiny to serve properly on my Ubuntu 6.10 server. There are so many source files to choose from (and the Debian repositories are often too outdated to be of any real use with Tiny.) It took several more days to integrate with VirtueMart. By contrast, Tiny was installed in less than 5 minutes on my Windows server. This is why Windows has dominated the business (and consumer) markets. Until the Linux community catches up with their customers' needs, they are going to struggle in the market place. -Tom _______________________________________________ Tinyerp-users mailing list http://tiny.be/mailman/listinfo/tinyerp-users
