[wplug] linux embedded appliances?
Teodorski, Chris
cteodorski at MahoningCounty.org
Thu Jan 22 14:15:20 EST 2004
My only real complaints (other than those raised by others):
I wish they had explained "free" a little better.
"In its own way, it's anti-corporate. It's free. Unlike Microsoft, whose
programming language is a closely guarded secret, Linux is available to
anyone via the Web or CD-ROM."
Is source code too hard of a concept for people to understand?
But on the up side, it is press for Linux and maybe it will make some people
who had never heard of it before curious.....
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Moran [mailto:wmoran at potentialtech.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 1:03 PM
To: wplug at wplug.org
Subject: Re: [wplug] linux embedded appliances?
Drew from Zhrodague wrote:
> http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04022/264254.stm
>
> I think this is the story someone was talking about.
*hang's head* I failed ... I made it my goal to ensure that she wrote a
correct and accurate article, and she filled it with MS FUD and nonsense.
> Ian James seems to have his own head jammed into his ass, but then
> again we know that not much (any at all?) of Red Square Systems' business
> is Linux. They seem hell bent on charging their customers as much as
> absolutely possible, whether RS benefits from this or not.
>
> "I never sit down with customers whose burning question of the
> moment is whether we should go to Linux,"
That's funny, I sat down with a customer who asked this question in
December,
and I'm supposed to meet with them agian in Febuary.
> said Iam James, chief executive
> officer of IT consultant Red Square Systems. "You can save money by
> avoiding licensing costs, but there aren't as many applications. With
> Microsoft products, it's easier to find more qualified people to deal with
> them."
>
> Obviously, their definition of "qualified" means Microsoft
> Certified. I woner what applications he's talking about that don't run on
> Linux -- Citrix?
I am so pissed at Corilyn. I'm debating whether I should send her a
nastygram telling her just what I think of this drivel.
> I'm not Anti-Microsoft by any means, but when you ask an
> uninformed Microsoft-only vendor about Linux, you're gonna get some FUD.
Well, I _am_ anti-Microsoft, but my reasons for disliking the article have
nothing to do with that. It has everything to do with favoring the
Microsoft people's comments and relegating our comments to a pile of quick
one-offs.
--
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com
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