Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on September 08, 2002 11:56 AM
I thought the company went out of business years ago when I stopped seeing their commercials on the boob tube. I don't know of any in NYC, but there may be dozens and I'm not aware of them.
The Burlington Coat Factory - Linux stories are getting a little long in the tooth.
When I start seeing Fortune 1000 companies announcing that in order to do business with them, vendors must talk Linux, when word on the street leaks out that in order to get a job with a Fortune 1000 company, applicants must be proficient or trained in OpenOffice.org or StarOffice,then I know that Linux has hit its stride.
When a Netgear minimum wage techie refutes my statement that Linux is taking the world by storm, and says that they don't support Linux for their print server (101) because no one uses Linux, then I know that we'll have hardware problems with manufacturers for some time to come.
Linux is taking the world by storm. Due to hatred of the US and hatred of MS, other countries will lead, and the US will follow. The other countries are starting where we should be starting, in the schools. We are teaching our high schoolers and college flunkies point and click, instead of teaching the underlying technology. Because of this, Microsoft is leading America into being a third world nation in regards to technology.
Seeing the speed in which Linux has/is evolving, and the number of people/countries working in developing Linux, one either sees the writing on the wall, or is in deep denial. The beginning of the end of Microsoft started about a year ago when Linux came into its own. Microsoft has about 12-18 months left before thick-headed investors finally realize what's going on. Red Hat on the other hand, is a screaming buy. Unless some other company (three letters) steps in and buys them out, anyone investing in Red Hat will get in at the ground floor, and will make a fortune.
The Burlington Coat Factory stories are old. Lets hear what other Fortune 1000 companies are doing. Is there no Newsforge or other reporter who can get some information on this? Is there no reader who has inside information willing to share with a Newsforge reporter?
I see small companies left and right installing Linux servers for file and print and other non-mission critical services whenever they are expanding, or whenever they are replacing servers. This is more pronounced in the non-profits that I am aware of, but for-profit companies are doing the same. Some are just starting to do this, especially if they have someone on staff that knows something about Linux, but others are doing this regularly. The amazement comes when they realize that the server has been running for months without a reboot or crash. It finally starts to register in their minds what Windows is really costing them in maintenance. Linux for their mission critical apps is a different story. If their app is not supported under Linux/Unix, forget it. They won't write it for themselves. But if it is supported, some are at least inquiring in their tech departments about it. Licensing costs for Windows are ridiculous, especially for non-profits. Once the companies see how stable Linux is for their file and print servers, then that opens the door to mission critical apps.
Let's get some new stories on Linux in the enterprise. I'm tired of seeing Burlington Coat Factory. And for those skimming the headlines, it looks like a recycled story over and over.
Reporters, get up off your butt, and get the stories.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 08, 2002 11:56 AMThe Burlington Coat Factory - Linux stories are getting a little long in the tooth.
When I start seeing Fortune 1000 companies announcing that in order to do business with them, vendors must talk Linux, when word on the street leaks out that in order to get a job with a Fortune 1000 company, applicants must be proficient or trained in OpenOffice.org or StarOffice,then I know that Linux has hit its stride.
When a Netgear minimum wage techie refutes my statement that Linux is taking the world by storm, and says that they don't support Linux for their print server (101) because no one uses Linux, then I know that we'll have hardware problems with manufacturers for some time to come.
Linux is taking the world by storm. Due to hatred of the US and hatred of MS, other countries will lead, and the US will follow. The other countries are starting where we should be starting, in the schools. We are teaching our high schoolers and college flunkies point and click, instead of teaching the underlying technology. Because of this, Microsoft is leading America into being a third world nation in regards to technology.
Seeing the speed in which Linux has/is evolving, and the number of people/countries working in developing Linux, one either sees the writing on the wall, or is in deep denial. The beginning of the end of Microsoft started about a year ago when Linux came into its own. Microsoft has about 12-18 months left before thick-headed investors finally realize what's going on. Red Hat on the other hand, is a screaming buy. Unless some other company (three letters) steps in and buys them out, anyone investing in Red Hat will get in at the ground floor, and will make a fortune.
The Burlington Coat Factory stories are old. Lets hear what other Fortune 1000 companies are doing. Is there no Newsforge or other reporter who can get some information on this? Is there no reader who has inside information willing to share with a Newsforge reporter?
I see small companies left and right installing Linux servers for file and print and other non-mission critical services whenever they are expanding, or whenever they are replacing servers. This is more pronounced in the non-profits that I am aware of, but for-profit companies are doing the same. Some are just starting to do this, especially if they have someone on staff that knows something about Linux, but others are doing this regularly. The amazement comes when they realize that the server has been running for months without a reboot or crash. It finally starts to register in their minds what Windows is really costing them in maintenance. Linux for their mission critical apps is a different story. If their app is not supported under Linux/Unix, forget it. They won't write it for themselves. But if it is supported, some are at least inquiring in their tech departments about it. Licensing costs for Windows are ridiculous, especially for non-profits. Once the companies see how stable Linux is for their file and print servers, then that opens the door to mission critical apps.
Let's get some new stories on Linux in the enterprise. I'm tired of seeing Burlington Coat Factory. And for those skimming the headlines, it looks like a recycled story over and over.
Reporters, get up off your butt, and get the stories.
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