Hi everyone,
I also attended the Haifux meeting earlier in the week. It was my first
Haifux meeting, and I must admit that even though it lasted 4.5 hours, it
was never boring. It almost looked like a Jerry Spinger episode ;)
I would like to add my 2 cents on what Guy said.
I think that Mike hit the nail on the head, as did the guy who sat in front
of me (sorry - I forgot his name) when they say that Linux isn't everyone's
cup of tea.
It seems to me that Linux today really is best suited to software developers
/ info system engineers. They are more likely to know how to install and
maintain it, and how to take advantage of its flexibility, stability, and
its open source code. They are also much less likely to panic when faced
with a text-based editor (unless they are emotionally attached to Visual
Studio).
So when we talk about managers being receptive to Linux, if it is in the
software development or info systems field, this seems a logical choice.
However, if we are talking about technically illiterate people, who freak
out at the concept of entering a username and password (e.g. my previous
boss), then I would say that Linux is not for them.
I would go even further and say that most technically illiterate people
simply believe that they have better things to do with their time than
learning a sophisticated operating system. Hence their desire to stay with
Windows.
In other words, most users want to have their hand held while using the
computer.
Like I said, those were my 2 cents.
Ayal Sharon
>From: guy keren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: guy keren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Haifa linux club <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: P.s. - for sys-admins wanna be
>Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 00:24:01 +0200 (EET)
>
>
>in the end of this meeting, we had some argument with mike, regarding what
>would constitute a good reason for a company to switch its computing
>system to linux.
>
>my current claim was that when a youngster (school kid, bored/lazy
>student) wants to play with a computer and networking, they tend to do
>that on linux systems, rather then on NT systems. within a few years,
>those youngsters would become more or less profficient linux
>administrators, while those that played with NT/win9X would not. when that
>happens, it will be easier to find linux administration personell, then to
>find windows administration personell. this would beat out the current
>problem of having hard time finding linux systems administrators, and that
>would become a valid reason for companies to base their computing systems
>on linux, rathern then NT.
>
>as of today, mike had a valid point - for an ammount of money that is far
>less then that of a good unix sys admin, one could hire 2 students that'd
>re-install windows systems over and over when the need arises. that,
>together with keeping a few spare windows systems (to give the users that
>wait for their OS's re-install) quite solves window's instability
>problems - in the way that the _users_ feel it. go ahead and claim that
>this is stupid or silly or a bad thing to do - but business wise, it does
>make quite a lot of sense.
>
>so what would that give to you? it akes a lot of sense to spend your
>current time on RTFMing alot, reading books, and spending time on the
>theoretical and practical parts of linux tweaking and hacking - and in a
>few years time, it'll pay you off with finding good jobs, and making good
>money. this, ofcourse, of linux indeed makes the grand market penetration
>some of us forsee. and those that spend some money on buying a 2 network
>cards to connect their old and new PC together and hook them up on the
>internet together - see that as an investment in your future, and one of
>the best investments you'll ever make, for such a low ammount of money.
>
>guy
>
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> or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy
>
>
>
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