CIOs Looking At OSS

bigmouth_strikes writes "There is an interesting article entitled "Your open source plan" in the latest issue of CIO. The article is about opens source software and its place in the enterprise systems market and the article shows the change in attitude over the last few years. OSS is being considered in most large corporations and CIOs are seriously looking into alternatives to expensive proprietary software and Microsoft's licensing schemes. The magazine and the article itself are intended for executives, so the technical aspect is at a beginners level."

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in reality

[ciryon]

Still there's a huge different looking at OSS and actually migrating from microsoft systems.

We've had reports like this in sweden for a while but unfortunately it seems as it's just a cool thing to say for the incompetent CIO "yeah we're looking at linux. once it gets better we might switch.". In my experience there are many bad CIOs that are trying to cover their incompetence by claiming they know something about OSS.

Ciryon

Re:Here it comes...

[Beatbyte]

Can OSS build a mail client/PIM that plays well with Exchange servers?

SuSE has the server, Ximian has the client. ;)

I've been Evolution exclusively since it was released.
I've never used the Exchange compatible server from SuSE but have heard nothing but good about it.

SOURCE: Linux Development Survey, Vol. 1 2003

[dh003i]

This was an interesting article, but without referring to the source, it's worthless. The author -- for some strange unknown reason -- thought it was too much work to include a reference to the actual study. This spurred several valid criticisms about possible skewing by people who responded to the article on the article's page.

I've looked up Evans Data Corporation and have actually found the source. Apparently, most /.ers were too happy jumping up and down in joy to actually bother with this small detail.

SOURCE: Linux Development Survey, Vol. 1 2003: http://www.evansdata.com/n2/surveys/linux_toc_03_1 .shtml

Re:Audience

[Spunk]

At some point you need someone who can say, "This is shit." (Insert witty story about how this phrase becomes, "This product will aid growth and guarantee success in the market")

Copy located at http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/books/845/shitha p.htm

How shit happens

In the Beginning was the plan.
And then came the assumptions.
And the assumptions were without form.
And the plan was completely without substance.
And the darkness was upon the face of the workers. And they spoke among themselves saying: "It is a crock of sh_t, and it stinketh."

And the workers went unto their supervisors, and sayeth: "It is a pail of dung, and none can abide the odor Thereof"

And the supervisors went unto their managers and sayeth unto them, "It is a container of excrement, and it is very strong, Such that none can abide it."

And the managers went unto the directors and sayeth, "It is a vessel of fertilizer, and none can abide its strength." And the directors spoke amongst themselves, saying one to another: "It contains that which aids plant growth, and is very strong."

And the directors went unto the vice presidents and sayeth to them, "It promotes growth, and is very powerful."

And the vice presidents went unto the president, and sayeth unto him, "This new plan will actively promote growth and efficiency of this company, and certain areas in particular."

And the president looked upon the plan, and saw that it was good.
And the plan became policy.
And this is how shit happens.