Ric de France wrote:
> You better believe it... I've got so many solutions (many involving
> Gentoo) to offer, and they're all being shunned away with an approach
> to MS 2003 Server (and associated products) being taken. I keep
> hearing:
> - "We've got to go with what our architects have decided."
> - "You don't know what you're talking about."
> - "How can a free product run better than a proprietary product?"
> - "There's no support for your product."
> Too much red tape to get anything done.
>
>
> The company I am thinking of is more into the line of "I don't care
> how much licenses cost, as long as there is a bricks and mortar
> company supporting up that we can sue the f**k out of if things go
> wrong" (don't even go into the area of EULAs stating you can't sue -
> it's been brought up before). To them Open Source = no cost (= no
> support) = no one to sue = major risk. When assessing a new company,
> granted that the logo is one small portion, but anything that gives
> them any reason to say "NO" to using open source will be used.
>
> ...RIc
This sounds to me like telling you excuses. The real reason is to me the
fact the Windows Licenses cost money and usually a portion of those
money end up in the managers' pockets.
That's the only reason why I (and you prolly) haven't been able to sell
a lot of linux solutions. Managers are not idiots as you prolly think.
They are busines men and will choose what best suits their needs; rarely
the company's needs come first.
If you want to sell your linux ideas you need to talk to the people from
whom's pockets the money are coming out: the owner(s). In the case of
big companies, that's practically impossible, so your best choice is
small or medium sized companies.
Also there's this stereotype: "any idiot can run windows, but not so for
linux" so your clients might also be afraid of not having the required
man power to handle linux-based solutions. Your best bet is to suggest
how idiot proof your product is and how hard to use this windows thing
seems to you, in an indirect manner.
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Adi
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> You better believe it... I've got so many solutions (many involving
> Gentoo) to offer, and they're all being shunned away with an approach
> to MS 2003 Server (and associated products) being taken. I keep
> hearing:
> - "We've got to go with what our architects have decided."
> - "You don't know what you're talking about."
> - "How can a free product run better than a proprietary product?"
> - "There's no support for your product."
> Too much red tape to get anything done.
>
>
> The company I am thinking of is more into the line of "I don't care
> how much licenses cost, as long as there is a bricks and mortar
> company supporting up that we can sue the f**k out of if things go
> wrong" (don't even go into the area of EULAs stating you can't sue -
> it's been brought up before). To them Open Source = no cost (= no
> support) = no one to sue = major risk. When assessing a new company,
> granted that the logo is one small portion, but anything that gives
> them any reason to say "NO" to using open source will be used.
>
> ...RIc
This sounds to me like telling you excuses. The real reason is to me the
fact the Windows Licenses cost money and usually a portion of those
money end up in the managers' pockets.
That's the only reason why I (and you prolly) haven't been able to sell
a lot of linux solutions. Managers are not idiots as you prolly think.
They are busines men and will choose what best suits their needs; rarely
the company's needs come first.
If you want to sell your linux ideas you need to talk to the people from
whom's pockets the money are coming out: the owner(s). In the case of
big companies, that's practically impossible, so your best choice is
small or medium sized companies.
Also there's this stereotype: "any idiot can run windows, but not so for
linux" so your clients might also be afraid of not having the required
man power to handle linux-based solutions. Your best bet is to suggest
how idiot proof your product is and how hard to use this windows thing
seems to you, in an indirect manner.
--
Adi
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