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How Open Source Can be SMB Friendlier
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| What a typical open source vendor today will do, he said, is try to sell
| their product based on it being cheaper than a Microsoft Windows deployment,
| for example. But where that goes wrong is how it is viewed by the tech-wary
| SMB user who doesn’t have a big IT shop to do the work. “From their view, it
| would be more expensive because they would need training to do it” using open
| source, rather than sticking with Windows and what they already know and are
| familiar with, he said.
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http://www.linux.com/news/enterprise/biz-enterprise/26086-how-open-source-can-be-smb-friendlier
Recent:
Editor's Note: Does Linux Deliver For Small Businesses?
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| The answer is Yes, it does, though with some qualifications. The short
| answer: it's all in the implementation.
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| [...]
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| So the medium answer is Yes, Linux combined with friendly, skilled support
| definitely delivers for small business, and it does so better than any other
| platform. Even if there are some super-duper specialized Windows- or Mac-only
| applications that are must-haves for a particular business, the sane
| infrastructure is still Linux everywhere, Windows/Mac only as needed.
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http://www.linuxtoday.com/it_management/2008103103235OPBZCY
Is Linux Truly Small Business Ready?
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| Based on everything presented above, is it fair to say that a small business
| can operate exclusively on a Linux workstation/server setup? The short answer
| is yes. The longer, more in-depth answer is yes with the help of
| professionals to assist the small business owner with setup.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/12068_3781076_1
Gameloft Moves 1,000 Desktops to Ubuntu Linux
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| “It’s been a pretty big deployment, well over 1000 desktops and it’s been a
| huge success,” crows the source. “Ubuntu does the same job [as Windows] for
| zero cash. The most painful thing about the change over was moving to
| Thunderbird from Outlook. No one has batted an eyelid about moving to Gnome.”
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http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/10/03/gameloft-moves-1000-desktops-to-ubuntu-linux/
Is Linux ready for your Small Business?
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| Start Switching Applications Now. When you decide to start down this road,
| one of the best things you can do is to start switching applications now.
| Start installing Firefox on your Windows machines and encourage users to use
| it instead of IE (I would even suggest changing the default browser). Most
| linux IM clients also have a working Windows version. Install OpenOffice and
| remove Microsoft Office. That last one will probably cause the most
| complaints.
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http://itatsmallbiz.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/is-linux-ready-for-your-small-business/
http://tinyurl.com/5gwpem
Move Your Business from Windows to Linux
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| If the cost of Windows is getting your small business down, consider shifting
| to Linux.
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| [...]
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| Though you can purchase boxed commercial versions of Linux that include
| support, every Linux distribution is also available for free under the terms
| of the open-source Gnu General Public License, or GPL. Once you figure out
| which distribution you'd like to use (see below), you can simply download,
| burn, and install it on as many systems as you choose.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/147879/move_your_business_from_windows_to_linux.html
Updated guide on Open Source for SMEs
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| The third edition of a guide to help small and medium sized enterprises
| (SMEs) to adopt Open Source software has been published. Different types of
| software applications and businesses models are addressed, making this guide
| useful for most SMEs that wish to simply use FOSS or even build a FOSS-based
| business approach.
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http://www.zeapartners.org/articles/guide-for-smes002
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