Hi
I'm looking for
suggestions about spreading the use of Ubuntu.
I'm very impressed
with Ubuntu and I would like to do my best to encourage the UK Voluntary Sector
to make more use of FOSS - and Ubuntu in particular.
Trouble is, other
than fairly casual conversations, I'm not sure of the best way of doing
this.
Has anybody got any
ideas?
It seems to me that
the voluntary sector and FOSS are a perfect match. In fact I'd go as far as
saying that the voluntary sector could be a significant driving force in the
wider acceptance of FOSS.
Unfortunately even
here Windows is ubiquitous - and even where organisations might be prepared to
switch to Linux there are problems with knowledge/skills (particularly with
regards to multi-platform networks and network admin/security issues) - but also
problems with the fact that a lot of 3rd party/custom/proprietry software being
used within these organisations only runs on Windows.
Presumably the only
way to put pressure on these software developers is for more people to use Linux
- but we have a catch 22 since they (will say they) can't use Linux with
their existing software.
The charity that I
work for has this problem - both our central database, and our websites
currently only run on MS SQL and use .Net.
Is there a simple
way of getting around this?
Adrian
Mitchell
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