Why Software Reform is Like Healthcare Reform
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| Let's say you're the IT decision maker. Sales tells you
| it's not good. You're faced with a capital expense of
| upgrading old machines that are running XP just fine,
| because Microsoft is cutting you off and pushing Vista down
| your throat. You may want to say screw it. Slap Ubuntu and
| Open Office on those low-low end user machines. They'll be
| struggling with a transition either way, but with open
| source you're not out any short-term cash. You can even get
| a theme for them that'll make it look just like XP, and as
| long as they can print they'll be happy. If the experiment
| fails, put the hardware upgrades and the Vista licenses in
| next year's budget.
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| But if that experiment works? You've saved money, and
| several more IT pilot fish have learned that there's more
| to life than Microsoft, and a couple of them might embrace
| open source with the zealotry of the converted. And several
| more low-low end users have gotten comfy, and might be
| checking out that netbook at the mall. And that, my geeky
| readers, is a foot in the door.
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http://jdeeth.blogspot.com/2008/12/software-as-subversive-activity-part-7.html
Recent:
Red Hat Q2 earnings beat Street
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSBNG22117620080924
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