On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Arun Venkataswamy <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 7:50 AM, Narendra Sisodiya < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > PS: Think like MAC, a hardware and a software, which just work... > > > > Good Idea. That will be great. > > > > > PS1: Also, the customer/market I am aiming is not LUG, i am aiming those > > who > > do not know Linux atall, So I needed not sit for compatibility for all > > Distro.. > > > > I don't know many Linux users who are not geeks. And the non geeks want to > stick to Windows. But this is my opinion. I am sure you would have done > some > research before starting the business. > > All the very best. I wish you success. We need more people like you who > want > to be on their own. > > Out of my experience (in engineering line), I would also inform you of the > requirement of service people even before you start selling. People will be > willing to wait even for a day or two when they buy from a reputed brand, > but will want you 'yesterday' when they are dealing with a small/start up > company. > > I did try Linux based systems for our machines (control and data > acquisition > system) - They worked brilliantly even out performing Windows. BUT I had to > turn back to Windows the ONLY reason was service and support. It was very > easy for our clients in the North to get a local computer technician to > sort > out issues in a Windows machine. The funny part was that even hardware > issues will not be addressed by the technician because Linux was installed > in it! > > With regards, > Arun Venkataswamy. > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > sir, regarding your project.let me tell you its a great opportunity for institutions as wel as individual to get benefited. i want to get assosiated with you for the lab setup and installation process,if their will be any sort of project which i can handle. regards, aditya _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
