On Sb, 04 feb 12, 18:26:25, Nick Lidakis wrote: [big snip] Hi Nick, Some issues to be aware of (in no particular order) that I encountered while trying to help my brother with his business: FLOSS is not cost free. You may not need to pay for the licenses, but do you have the spare time to invest in doing your own IT? You can also encounter: - lack of support from various providers (ISP, cash register hardware, etc.) - lack of software packaged for Debian. I am not familiar with US accounting, but as far as I know the only software that might be useful for you (besides Open/Libreoffice) is OpenERP. - every time you need to go outside Debian repositories your maintenance becomes (much) more complicated - software in stable may quickly become outdated for current requirements of "social media". For example Iceweasel in stable doesn't work with Google+ (but Chromium does) - others that I forget now and don't have the time to recall I'm not trying to discourage you and also don't know what the state of FLOSS support is where you are, but it is always a good idea to check your assumptions in advance ;) Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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