On 18 Jun 2001 14:37:48 -0700, Jon Stevens wrote:
> on 6/18/01 2:05 PM, "Kurt Schrader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Supposedly in the next release it is going be based on Orion.
> > Apparently they'd rather pay for a technology rather than use
> > Tomcat, if that worries anyone.
>
> So, then why don't people just buy the Orion server and save the money they
> would be paying to Oracle?
>
At the risk of saying what's been said before a lot of times, I have to
mention that people at the IT level is not always as educated (in the
deepest and widest possible sense) as -I believe- should be. An effect
of this is the willingness they have to pay (or to make the boss pay)
for what they perceive as 'solid', or 'famous'. Remember the old saying
"nobody has ever been hired for buying..."?
Look at your own signature, Jon! Steve Ballmer is not a stupid guy, but
neither are us, right? However, there are a lot of people willing to pay
for being in the streamline; for not feeling lonely and vulnerable in
this 'wild' world called OSS. Some studied people call this phenomenon
"mind share".
That is why, if we consider worthwhile this Turbine effort, we should
make a dent in IT people's mind. By means of using the "powered by..."
button, by means of word of mouth, by means of writing reviews, by means
of contributing to the Turbine base code, but above of all: by means of
using Turbine and letting everybody else to know!
> :-)
>
> Oracle still has to provide some sort of value add in order to get people to
> buy their software regardless of whether or not they purchase it from
> someone else or just use OSS software. Of course using OSS software gains
> all the benefits that we already know over using commercial software.
>
> :-)
>
> -jon
>
> --
> "Open source is not available to commercial companies."
> -Steve Ballmer, CEO Microsoft
> <http://www.suntimes.com/output/tech/cst-fin-micro01.html>
>
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