Hi Phillip, Interesting scenario. People in my wife's company have just moved from typewriters to computers 2 years back. They are comfortable with Windows and Outlook etc. The challenge really lies in convincing these grassroots it users to actually shift to linux. It needs a serious amount of education as well as projection of relative stablity of a GNU/Linux system as against windows. No IT Manager would like to reccomend everyone to move to GNU/Linux unless the users are comfortable with it. This in my opinion is more important than hosting mail server internet connection etc etc. The server market is already being acquired by Linux at a fast pace. It is the desktop market which Linux still needs to target.
Regards Aditya ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip S Tellis" philip@ncst.ernet.in To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 5:18 PM Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Enterprise GNU/Linux implementation (a seminar at Mumbai)
GLUG Meeting on 8th 4pm at PUKAR, Near CST.
On Sat, 14 Jun 2003, Subba Rao wrote:
What daemons are allowed to run on the Linux Desktop? IPSec Setup and routing issues for the workstations. Configuration changes on Workstation by users. Software/Tools download controls
These are technical issues, not relevant at all. The real question is, do users want to change their desktops? What are the risks involved? What if something goes wrong three months from now? Who do I call? etc. This is the problem with any irreversible change.
-- He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. -- William Shakespeare, "Love's Labour's Lost"