I'm really sick of how so many people here seem to assume that the world is waiting to mobilize against Windows. It isn't
Yeap, The world would rather live dipped in a shit pool, and they hate people who make waves.
I agree.. that would be a living hell for the tech support dept. who naturally would be unwilling to switch to OS (not my money anyway.. so why bother) . Users will complain even if a "bold type" button is not where "it's supossed" to be.
This can be easily done in small companies and of course start ups.
Just having to run ANYTHING from a command line for a user who hasn't done that EVER is annoying. The would simple look at you puzzled and comment on "what a crap this is if you have to do that to mount/install/configure anything"..
quite true... people won't even switch to use Mozilla just to avoid going to the trouble of learning how to open a new TAB or how to import their IE favorites. So far I've only one convert out of ten even (for IT or software related people).
However, for a business man who spends tens of thousands of dollars in Windows licences, it could make sense if properly lectured... This works better for small and medium sized companies as I've seen around.
In the last couple of months I've come across tw ocustomers of the company I work for that are using open source software..
One, a small local bank that has 90% of what they have with some linux and Gnome. All desktop users (normally people who only need a word processor and a spreadsheet) use OpenOffice. Licencing costs = 0. This is not so easy to understand even for a business man. The guy in the IT deparment had to work his case.
The other one is swithing from MS Office to OpenOffice for every one excpet people who are really familiar (and actually use) with Excel. Every one else get's OpenOffice (on win32). This guys are saving some 10000 USD in licences. Still they had to be introduced to the subject of Free Software by one of the guys who works with me when our customer complained about the cost of Microsofts Office. This kind of "OSS consulting" for our customer, was some value added to another project we're on.
Still, I think, as people who benefit from the works of others for free, that we should encourage business users to make donations to projects they benefit from. At least to support these projects future survival.
We're making an "almost pro bono" job to a non-profit association. Besides helping them do thier job better and support thier cause. We're networking with the board of directors who happen to be important business men around here.
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I'm really sick of how so many people here seem to assume that the world is waiting to mobilize against Windows. It isn't Yeap, The world would rather live dipped in a shit pool, and they hate people who make waves.
I agree.. that would be a living hell for the tech support dept. who naturally would be unwilling to switch to OS (not my money anyway.. so why bother) . Users will complain even if a "bold type" button is not where "it's supossed" to be.
This can be easily done in small companies and of course start ups.
Just having to run ANYTHING from a command line for a user who hasn't done that EVER is annoying. The would simple look at you puzzled and comment on "what a crap this is if you have to do that to mount/install/configure anything"..
quite true... people won't even switch to use Mozilla just to avoid going to the trouble of learning how to open a new TAB or how to import their IE favorites. So far I've only one convert out of ten even (for IT or software related people).
However, for a business man who spends tens of thousands of dollars in Windows licences, it could make sense if properly lectured... This works better for small and medium sized companies as I've seen around.
In the last couple of months I've come across tw ocustomers of the company I work for that are using open source software..
One, a small local bank that has 90% of what they have with some linux and Gnome. All desktop users (normally people who only need a word processor and a spreadsheet) use OpenOffice. Licencing costs = 0. This is not so easy to understand even for a business man. The guy in the IT deparment had to work his case.
The other one is swithing from MS Office to OpenOffice for every one excpet people who are really familiar (and actually use) with Excel. Every one else get's OpenOffice (on win32). This guys are saving some 10000 USD in licences. Still they had to be introduced to the subject of Free Software by one of the guys who works with me when our customer complained about the cost of Microsofts Office. This kind of "OSS consulting" for our customer, was some value added to another project we're on.
Still, I think, as people who benefit from the works of others for free, that we should encourage business users to make donations to projects they benefit from. At least to support these projects future survival.
one of the most important questions to ask your self about someone you want to hire is .. "is this guy better than me?" ...
I would hire this guy on the spot !!
Damn Right,
Don't pay before you really have to. And I totally agree, this guys have another agenda behind this thing.
Good tips!!
Me and some friends are in a similar situation.
We're making an "almost pro bono" job to a non-profit association. Besides helping them do thier job better and support thier cause. We're networking with the board of directors who happen to be important business men around here.