Re: Convincing someone to switch to Linux
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On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 08:06:23PM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> The budget is $1000-1200 (max). My solution (I was asked for my opinion,
> as I am seen as pretty computer savvy) was for us to go to Walmart and
> purchase 4 to 6 Linux boxes for $200-$300 each. My rationale was:
Not sure what part of the world you're in, but if you're on the west
coast, go hit Fry's Electronics. At the Fry's in Wilsonville, OR, a
733MHz PC with NIC, 30GB HD, 52x CDROM, 128MB SDRAM, and a 56k modem
is selling for $190 (price includes 0% Oregon sales tax). But before
you consider moving to Oregon for cheap hardware, be aware that Oregon
is full and employers look down at folks from out of state (Oregonians
generally have a superiority complex and are proud of it).
> 1. Unwillingness to give up familiarity of MS Windows interface
>
> I explained that if that was the inly concern, we could install a Win9X
> desktop theme over whatever window manager we used. I even demonstrated
> the import/export features of OpenOffice.org (to assuage another concern
> about not being able to open/use MS formatted docs).
Someone needs to be shown the power of KDE and KOffice.
> Their response: Oh well, that's nice, we are getting the new Dell.
Wow, smoking crack is legal in your area, or do they just keep a good
cover on it? 8:o)
> It troubles me that the organization is throwing away money that we don't
> have.
As well it should.
> Obviously, I am a proponent of Linux. But, I feel quite strongly about
> this because of the financial impact. If we had a $6000 replacement budget
> and another $10000-$20000 in the bank, I would not be as concerned if they
> wanted to stick to MS (I hardly use the computers myself). But the
> leadership refuses to budge, and I feel that they are just throwing money
> away and not doing anything to solve the problem.
Is there a board of directors or some other group you can end-run
around the current decision to? I'm sure higher-ups would love to
know thier subordinates are refusing to consider a more cost-effective
solution.
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.''`. Baloo Ursidae <baloo@ursine.dyndns.org>
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`. `'`
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