kishor bhagwat writes:
my friend - its the vendors who are at the mercy of the clients - there is so little business!!Enterprises have nvr had it so good!
This really is news to me. I thought lots of corporates had legacy systems.
and boy..is it good hardware! ever seen a blade server? I havent - but i hear they are real cool! ;-)
I have heard it's good. But who knows it may actually run faster on Linux. Just shooting arrows in the dark. ;-)
3 things - clients usually sign a SLA,so vendors are bound to reply within a stipulated time. second, that client is stupid...if printing is so critical, he would have alternatives available... third..who would u trust..an unknown hacker who doesnt kow the printer or a service engineer who knows all about that printer?
The printing was just a reference to RMS. the example was just a illustration. but what use is a service engineer if he's not available?? If it's linux, chances are there that some one might know. If not locally maybe you could get help on some newsgroup/mailing list.
There are lots of them. I myself have installed a front-office/ backoffice user base of 300 people recently. They are all using it happily and compliment us on the increase in their productivity, thanks to GNU/Linux and FS/OSS.
is it a banking app where every second of downtime costs lakhs?
I am aware of banks who have moved to linux. If I am right one of them is located in central suburbs and uses VPN and tunnelling to connect to it's other other branches.
Haven't you read the disclaimers?? And if their service is so prompt why are people starting to prefer linux?? I agree the linux service segment in this country is weak but it is picking up slowly but surely hence BILLY boys visit to India
WHY THIS FIXATION WITH MS? Linux competes with AIX/Solaris/HP-UX in the server market more than MS...so quit thinking of MS!!!
Yeah,I agree but you can't just ignore a 600-pound gorilla ;)
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