Re: risk-aversion and the IT market

2003-09-22 Thread Gil Freund
Gabor Szabo wrote: In relation to our previous discussion about the use of FOSS[1] in Israel, why not approach it from the basic assumption that IT managers are risk averters. They would prefer to buy bad but known products than other, less know (or less understood) products even if those promise b

Re: risk-aversion and the IT market

2003-09-22 Thread linux-il
Gabor Szabo wrote: In relation to our previous discussion about the use of FOSS[1] in Israel, why not approach it from the basic assumption that IT managers are risk averters. Just a few days ago there was a quote of a guy from CA(?) saying that Israelis are pragmatists and will usually adopt new t

risk-aversion and the IT market

2003-09-21 Thread Gabor Szabo
In relation to our previous discussion about the use of FOSS[1] in Israel, why not approach it from the basic assumption that IT managers are risk averters. They would prefer to buy bad but known products than other, less know (or less understood) products even if those promise better quality. Th