--- Gaurav Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
> Hi dude(s),
>
> <snip>
> So some people are interested ...so...so what this
> team is supposed to do.....i think when i first
> wrote the mail ......i had in my mind how to create
> platform so that Corporate can migrate quickly to
> linux.......but first lets see why corporates are
> not migrating (in large numbers to linux....even
> though according to IDC poll 60% of corporates are
> considering linux)
>
> Lets see what average CIO thinks
>
> 1)Who gonna provide me support in middle of
> night...six month later or year after(support
> .....Faculty management services is huge
> responsibility and business)
>
> 2)What abt my application running on win32api ....I
> cant stop using it just like that(we need think abt
> that)
>
> 3)Hi my users ....who consider mouse as extension of
> their arm ...may become hyper active after seeing
> Unix like interface (One look kde 3 is enough)
>
> 4)Hi my nt administrators ......CLI stuff gives me
> butter flies (hasn’t heard abt linuxconf and webmin)
>
>
> 5)If this things fails if will loose my job...(Oh no
> if this succeeds you will save enough money for
> company to get handsome promotion or incentive and
> they may decide to postpone your retirement)
>
> we need focus on following usp of linux
>
> 1)Lowest TCO
>
> 2)Single point administration
>
> 3)OS can customized for exact need of customer
>
> so linux migration team will have to do following
>
> 1) Customize linux and promote as a product
>
> 2)Be ready to provide 24X7 support
>
> 3)Consider interoperability with existing
> proprietary systems
>
> Above can be only possible if we some what of
> commercial in nature...so idealists i am sorry...and
> hi what’s wrong with earning bread and butter from
> linux
>
> I an thinking and working towards Corporate
> Computing platform based on open source .Basic
> framework is defined here
>
>
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Corpos/files/Opensource.ppt
>
> Plz give your feedback, suggestions or healthy
> criticism…..I foresee a healthy discussion.
>
Thinking tangentically, there is another way
popularisation of Linux in India is possible. We
shopuld make Bill Gates spend more money on catching
software pirates in India. May be once pirated
software is not easily available people will
understand the meaning of Software freedom.
-- narsingh
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