Re: GLUG: [GLUG] [OT] What is Microsoft SA's attitude towards Linux?

[Quinton Delpeche <qdelpeche@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

Well I would like to add my 2c worth if that is okay... ...please... 
...please! B-) hehehehehehe


Well I must admit that I have hit the honey pot with my new company... ...the 
Entire Company (including management) is well informed and very... ...very... 
..very... pro-LINUX. Let me put it this way, they are all running Linux on 
their Laptops which they use on a day-to-day basis.


All the solutions we offer to our customers are Linux based and because 
managment supports Linux, the customers are very open to Linux solutions.

In fact I am busy implementing an entire Linux solution at a customer 
(workstations, servers, the works... ...B-))!!!


Personally I think it comes down to various factors:
1). Mindset (first internally and then externally of an organisation).
2). Proof... ...which naturally ties into the whole mindset thing... ...once 
you can prove to a customer that Linux provides more then WinBlows can it is 
all easy going from there.


So I say: "Lets spread the word, lets make everyone aware... ...MicroSlop's 
days are numbered!!! B-)"


Q

On Thursday 01 March 2001 14:44, Eugene van Zyl stated the following in a 
virtual court of law:
> Re: Attitude
> They're lobbying start-ups pretty hard, even giving their software away,
> turning a blind eye for the moment at licenses, to get people to implement
> their technology. I'm sitting with copies of Win2K Advanced Server and MS
> SQL 2000 as well as Site Server 2000 I'm too afraid to try out - once the
> company's investment is high enough they'll probably pitch up saying 'sooo,
> about those licenses'! I think they say nothing about it, but are working
> hard at retaining the market share they've currently got!
>
> Re: Trend
>
> Looking at netcraft's surveys SA's pretty much MS stuff all the way, hell,
> I've had to introduce Linux/Unix into every place I've worked, and even
> then, it's a case of it running in the background for most critical and
> day-to-day stuff (mail, etc), and the 'main' servers still running the
> front for webservers etc. cause MS has been so effective in their local
> marketing and unfortunately most management is really uninformed about
> technology in general, they just say 'I need something to do this' and a MS
> sales guy pipes up 'oh, we've got this product that does EXACTLY what you
> want!' and the rest is pretty obvious, and then starts the heavy
> investment, then comes disappointment and disillusionment and then
> despondency when they realise the investment is simply too big to throw
> away.
>
> It's nice too see that most new start-ups are pretty cost conscious and
> jump at Linux when they're informed about it!
>
> Well, that's my opinion/personal experience anyway :-)
>
> Eugene
>
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