Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 12, 2003 03:28 AM
All of those capabilities are available in OSS. I do the same thing for my customers, but with Linux, and in the same timeframe for a cheaper price (gain to the customer) and therefore higher profit margin (gain to me).
What you forgot to mention is you have a great experience working with Windows and Microsoft products and none or little with Linux. So yes, it will take you longer to setup a Linux solution. The same way it would take me longer to setup a Microsoft/Windows solution, as I don't use any of their products and have no motivation in trying to.
Look, the last time I tried to install MS office 2000 on a Windows 2000 Terminal server edition I gave up after 2 days. Now, I could conclude, that MS products are a pile of<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.... when I could do that in Linux my eyes closed. But I know better than that. If it was that important to me, I will have made it work.
What I know is, as a small business owner, I can now compete with larger companies and provide a product that is at least comparable, if not superior, to MS products in feature/reliablity/security/ease of use for a very reasonnable price.
So it all come down to experience. And mine has been great with Linux and OSS in general. Like they say I will never come back.
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Re:prove to me I have a viable choice
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 12, 2003 03:28 AMWhat you forgot to mention is you have a great experience working with Windows and Microsoft products and none or little with Linux. So yes, it will take you longer to setup a Linux solution. The same way it would take me longer to setup a Microsoft/Windows solution, as I don't use any of their products and have no motivation in trying to.
Look, the last time I tried to install MS office 2000 on a Windows 2000 Terminal server edition I gave up after 2 days. Now, I could conclude, that MS products are a pile of<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.... when I could do that in Linux my eyes closed. But I know better than that. If it was that important to me, I will have made it work.
What I know is, as a small business owner, I can now compete with larger companies and provide a product that is at least comparable, if not superior, to MS products in feature/reliablity/security/ease of use for a very reasonnable price.
So it all come down to experience. And mine has been great with Linux and OSS in general. Like they say I will never come back.
Regards
Pascal
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