On 3/20/08, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I been trying (rather unsuccessfully) to convince various clients and
>  employers to adopt OpenBSD. Most people, I find, are resistent to
>  change and would not use anything they are not familiar with. Others
>  would say that if I leave the job, it would be hard to find people who
>  can use (or even heard of) OpenBSD and in some places Management never
>  heard of OpenBSD and have very little clue as to how good or bad it is
>  compared to Linux/ Solaris and Windows thus they will just knock off
>  the proposal in 2 seconds.
>
>  Is there any way I could convince these people to make the move to
>  OpenBSD? Suggestions, tips and tricks along with real life examples
>  would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Managers are all alike. Their priority is to save their asses, to have
someone to blame in case of problems. That's why they spend a lot of
money in big contracts with Big Companies and don't like to take any
risk with software that doesn't have commercial support.

I've been lucky, because wherever I have gone, the network is a mess.
That gives me the justification to "fix the problem" with that
wonderful, security-oriented and free tool called OpenBSD.

After that, I've documented every maintenance task. That way your
manager can be confident that, when a truck hits you, anyone can get
the documentation and keep maintaining the thing.

-- 
Gerardo Santana

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