[kirk@rafferty.org: Re: CLUE: Replacing Commercial Systems]
Note what one of my area users' group members has to say about
"salespeople and administrators" in his company in regards to Linux.
Now those of you on the Debian-user list know why I posed the question
about how much network traffic these systems will handle. I'm not
interested in commercializing the system at all (which would, in fact,
be a disaster) but rather enriching developers, admins. and consultants
who love Linux. Linux specialists are worth something in the labor market
and _can_ be sold at a premium (even if the OS shouldn't be) just as the
marketing people can be sold on Linux, given the right packaging and
presentations.
I am also trying to learn more about the differences between FreeBSD
and Linux with respect to network traffic loads. ...time to confront
those rumors?
This was also an opportunity to get the word out on the Debian
distribution. :-) This message will be followed by a follow-up message
from Kirk, who gave permission to do this repost.
Art
----- Forwarded message from Kirk Rafferty <kirk@rafferty.org> -----
On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Art Lemasters wrote:
> Is anyone in the group interested in replacing commercial
> systems with Linux systems (especially Internet servers) in
> this area soon? I'm running a Debian GNU/Linux system (release
> version any time now) with a 2.1.132 kernel; it's faster and more polite
> with processes (better libraries for X Windows?) than any I've run
> before. ...will try to get some examples of how much network traffic
> these systems will handle now, too.
I'm using Linux (Red Hat and SuSE) in commercial systems. At my "real"
job we are using Linux in non-critical roles, mainly to satisfy the
suits that Linux really does run. We currently have plans of placing
a Linux server in a mission-critical role, however, as a web server.
I also consult on the side, and a client of mine is using Linux
(Red Hat) in several critical roles, such as corporate email and
fax server. They've also been experimenting with Linux at the
desktop, and have had great success so far. I'm told that users
(mostly salespeople and administrators) are practically beating on the
door to get a Linux box with StarOffice and KDE, because they're so
frustrated with "that other operating system."
Regards,
Kirk
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