In <gsnsvm$4h2$1@ger.gmane.org>, Jim Henderson wrote:
On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:59:28 -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
Business opportunity withstanding, Linux should be a means, not an end.
Yes, but the end should be migration away from proprietary software to avoid vendor lock-in and dependence.
As much as I dislike Windows, I have to disagree. The end from a business standpoint is to operate the business in an efficient manner.
Which requires freedoms...
Sometimes Windows provides that.
...that proprietary software never provides. I don't care if it is MS Windows or AIX, MS SQL or Oracle, IE or Opera, MS WinCE or PalmOS -- if it isn't free software, it's crap. :) For each vendor that you depend upon, you add yet another third party that can vastly affect the efficiency of your business. Being able to switch vendors quickly is a quality of an efficient business. Still, even if free software is your end, the migration process can take years and you'll have proprietary software in the mix until the very end. I was [OT] anyway, so this will be my last post in the thread. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/