Hey John,
It very much depends on what your users needs are.
In my experience, there's an opensource alternative that integrates well
with proprietary systems if needed for everything i can think off. I've
been working solely on Linux for more than 3 years now.
My laptop came with Vista pre-installed and the reason it's still there,
is that I haven't gotten around to wiping it clean.
I suggest you make a list of all the software you need in your company
and then go about finding opensource alternatives. They'll be there, you
just have to ask yourself if they fit your needs.
Software used here: Eclipse for development (all languages),
Firefox/Thunderbird goes without saying, OpenOffice.org for word
processing and spreadsheets.
The only problem I can think off, is the compatibility between some
Office versioned documents and OpenOffice, but hey, you don't even get
that compatibility between different versions of Office and you
certainly can't beat the price of OpenOffice.org :p
In conclusion, from a developers point of view, you can't beat Linux.
It's safe, it's easy and most of all, it's considerably faster.
regards,
boro
john_sm schreef:
Hey Guys, I am still in a thinking stage and will like to learn from your
experience, and was wondering if any of you folks have a hybrid environment
i.e. Linux and Proprietary systems and what kind of issues do you run into.
And also, what pieces of technology you have - which are open source and
which ones you have are proprietary and any changes you anticipate 1 year
out. Greatly appreciate your help. - John Smith
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