On Wednesday 01 August 2007 20:58, Rony wrote:
jtd wrote:
Unless your vendor is really trying to build and grow a business, it's just a matter of time before M$ sucks out whatever measly profits he makes from selling machines.
What will help is practical case reports on _small_ offices that have started doing all their M$ based tasks alternatively in Linux. Here is the list below.
You are mixing different classes of desktops. the hardware for the graphics artist is completly different from that for the ca (or should be). Break down your market by user (ca, law firm, dtp, etc) and see what the requirements are. what we are trying to do is breakdown the market as much as possible because the strength of GNU/linux is customisation.
- Accounting in Tally.
- Photoshop for image editing. Co-ordinating data files with
customers and suppliers. 3. Corel Draw for image creation. Co-ordinating data files with customers and suppliers. 4. AutoCad for interior designers, furniture makers, architects. Co-ordinating data files with customers and suppliers. 5. 3D Max for animation. Co-ordinating data files with customers and suppliers.