At Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:45:23 +0100 CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org> wrote:
> > Hello all. > > Does anybody have experience with pushing CentOS in enterprise? > > I have the following situation. I tried to promote CentOS to local bank. They > have now a couple of Gentoo-based systems and I tried to explain them that > CentOS is much better option for enterprises. > > IT department is interested in stability of the system, so they are ready to > give CentOS a try. But the problem came from management and information > security division. > > That guys look much affected by FUD created by M$. They tell the story like > "you can not rely on this open source, it is built by just few community > geeks, you never know what will happen if the developer will be hit by bus > tomorrow" and so on. They especially refer to the last year FUD story > published at ZDNet (http://goo.gl/y0LBi). So, IT guys are allowed to use open > source only if they can prove that it has stable community and transparent > development and build process they can reproduce on their own if necessary. > > I guess, I'm not the first who encounter this issue. Could you share your > experience how to deal with it? Are there any public resources that can be > used as proofs of CentOS stability? > Have you pointed the bank people at Red Hat itself. Red Hat is NOT a 'few community geeks' -- they are a thriving business. Also, you probably can mention that IBM support Linux. IBM is most certainly NOT a 'few community geeks'... > > -- > > Zdenek > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 / hel...@deepsoft.com Deepwoods Software -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org -- against proprietary attachments _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
