Windows Drives Company To OpenBSD

Barry Lyndon writes "Computerworld reports that the nightmare of windows is driving PriceWaterhouseCoopers, one of the world's largest accountancy and business consulting companies, to OpenBSD and open source in general." From the article: "'My predecessor spent too much [so] I was told not to spend any money.' When asked what argument he used to convince management to use an open source solution, Uemura said: 'They didn't have an argument because they said don't spend any money.' 'They trusted me,' he said. 'The whole office was relying on one domain controller which was dying.' Uemura said a lot of work was done 'behind the scenes'. 'My experience is that if something has to be done, just do it - don't ask! They will thank you later,' he said."

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Re:Have you ever used OpenBSD?

[CyricZ]

Much of the Linux documentation applies just as well to the BSDs.

But don't forget that the users in this case are IT professionals. They should know UNIX, and they should know Linux. If they don't, then they shouldn't be in the IT business. So for such people, adapting to OpenBSD shouldn't be a problem at all.