[NTLUG:Discuss] Something to ponder (bad Linux enterprise experience article)

[fredjame]

First:  This is "Op-Ed" not news, and as such offers absolutely no 
foundation in fact of any kind.  References to unknown sources and 
conversations don't count as "foundation in fact."
Second:  It is a "Pro MS Op-Ed" piece - understandable when you consider 
the publisher.
Third:  There are tons of failed projects littering the way, and they 
are generally failed for the same basic reasons, no matter what the OS 
of choice was.
What to learn?  Dashing out to deploy something you know little to 
nothing about is extremely iffy at best.  Is that what you mean?
Of course the point of the article maybe to keep MS defenders happy with 
MS, or maybe just to "sing to the stock market" - Linux/Unix/BSD users 
already know better.

Now my pet pieve - MS is good because it got a lot of basically usable 
computers out there on people's desks.  If we had waited for UNIX or 
Linux to do that it still would not have happened.  I strongly urge that 
we never forget that, and that there is a lesson there as well.  That 
said I shall add:  I love my Mandrake 9.1 - it is the sweetest 
workstation I have ever used.  You weren't asking for success stories, 
so I won't add any.

Chris Cox wrote:

> Most of the problems raised have some validity... our attitudes
> need adjusting... I see it even on the NTLUG list from time
> to time.  Patience and understanding are key.
>
> There are definitely Linux success stories that go contrary
> to this article and there are some things stated that are
> certainly incorrect... but I think there are things we
> can take to heart in the article as well.
>
> Let me know what you think:
>
> http://www.internetwk.com/breakingNews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=13000597&pgno=1
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