I am the director of I.S. for a.com company that runs a pure Linux network. We have 45 users and workstations. Most all of our users had never used Linux before employment here. I am constantly looking for ways to convince them that the Linux OS is just as capable of performing the day to day office tasks as any of its competitors. We have not paid a penny for any of our software applications. The fact that all of our software was free allows us to pay our employees a little extra. This is always something that shuts a whiner down. There is also the promise that soon the final versions of all the half finished applications we are forced to use will be complete or stable and fully functional. Now it is getting to the point where our investers will be willing to shell out copious amounts of cash to put a halt to all of our efforts and introduce an evil O.S. that everyone seems to miss so badly. I am the last one to want this to happen because I am a firm believer in the open source project. We have bought several printers and fax machines from a few of the main vendors (i.e. H.P) These machines are very expensive and I feel that a large part of the money that I have spent on them is also spent on the software that comes in the box with the machine. I am sure that H.P. and vendors alike have put a great deal of their resources into the creation of the software that accompanies thier products. Why should I pay for something that is useless to my company. I have written to 3 different companies. first I ask them why they won't support Linux and when I receive their ignorant answers I ask them for the source code so that we can have a shot at making the software compatible with Linux and our network. Of course they don't even reply to these requests. I cannot believe that H.P. runs Linux inside but won't run Linux outside. Our printer problems are constant and I have employed a person just to deal with printer problems all day. Our users blame all of their problems on Linux when in fact the blame lies with these major vendors that claim to support the O.S. but only actually half support it. Come on H.P. if your going to use Linux give something back to the people that made it possible for you to use it in the first place. L-users!
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I am the director of I.S. for a .com company that runs a pure Linux network. We have 45 users and workstations. Most all of our users had never used Linux before employment here. I am constantly looking for ways to convince them that the Linux OS is just as capable of performing the day to day office tasks as any of its competitors. We have not paid a penny for any of our software applications. The fact that all of our software was free allows us to pay our employees a little extra. This is always something that shuts a whiner down. There is also the promise that soon the final versions of all the half finished applications we are forced to use will be complete or stable and fully functional. Now it is getting to the point where our investers will be willing to shell out copious amounts of cash to put a halt to all of our efforts and introduce an evil O.S. that everyone seems to miss so badly. I am the last one to want this to happen because I am a firm believer in the open source project. We have bought several printers and fax machines from a few of the main vendors (i.e. H.P) These machines are very expensive and I feel that a large part of the money that I have spent on them is also spent on the software that comes in the box with the machine. I am sure that H.P. and vendors alike have put a great deal of their resources into the creation of the software that accompanies thier products. Why should I pay for something that is useless to my company. I have written to 3 different companies. first I ask them why they won't support Linux and when I receive their ignorant answers I ask them for the source code so that we can have a shot at making the software compatible with Linux and our network. Of course they don't even reply to these requests. I cannot believe that H.P. runs Linux inside but won't run Linux outside. Our printer problems are constant and I have employed a person just to deal with printer problems all day. Our users blame all of their problems on Linux when in fact the blame lies with these major vendors that claim to support the O.S. but only actually half support it. Come on H.P. if your going to use Linux give something back to the people that made it possible for you to use it in the first place. L-users!