On Sunday 09 March 2008 12:31 pm, Ashwin Shah wrote:

Hi

I am very much interested in LInux

However i run a business and am not one of the techies who is only taking abount the greatness of opensource

Business requires ready made and strong fundamentals of any platform

Which would immediately disqualify M$.

The Linux forum should change their approach from promoting open source to talking about making things simpler to the man on the streets

Promoting foss software IS the key to making things simpler for the man on the street. And there are certain fundamental things - mainly political - that prevent this.

A typical small business requires the following to cover 99% of its needs

1. An operating system

You mean a distro, which is the operating system + ultilities + applcation

2. Open office
3. Accounting software india compliant

And remember there is no way to by pass Microsoft hence all the persons who do not use linux must still get all reports and comunication which can still be compatible to Windows and Microdsoft

If you read the news you will have noticed that M$ was fined $1.34 billion for not complying with a 4 year old court directive. The directive ordered M$ to disclose information so that other software could be compatible to M$ formats - the exact thing that you want. so you are asking the wrong people to make compatible software.

And what is even funnier you pay M$ for keeping you trapped.

or the other leading companies who offer thier software viz autocad/adobe etc

I wish the LInux platform comes forward and promotes all these together and takes up a challenge of converting ( let us say 25000 ) businesses in 2008

I too run a bussiness - Without M$ for . And without closed software. And everyone of the closed software that we used in that past without exception brought us grief. The sooner you switch the better.

Running a business and hence unable to switch is a lame excuse

Thanks Ashwin R Shah