RE: Linux at work (real world)

[KMcLauchlan -at- chrysalis-its -dot- com]

Eric,

Thanks very much. With a few carefully selected URLs,
you bring instant and credible perspective to the 
issues.

I had stumbled across heaps of opinion pieces and 
comparisons (some dating back several years), but 
it's hard to separate other people's biases out of 
most of them.

I especially like the TCO analysis that uses 
platform independent PeopleSoft to ensure that 
platform-specific issues remain at center stage.

/kevin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric J. Ray [mailto:ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com]

> Check out:
> http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2001/1018.tco.html
> It compares TCO for a UNIX-y solution and a Wintel solution,
> and the results are interesting.

[snip]
> For a Project equivalent, see
> http://www.infoworld.com/testcenter/comparison/000131tcwproject.html
> 
> For a Web-based calendar solution, see
> http://www.iplanet.com/products/iplanet_calendar/home_2_1_1j.html
> 
[snip]
> Unless you have loud/influential/disruptive people
> who are wedded to particular software versions, it's
> entirely possible to work productively without
> Microsoft software. See:
> http://www.livingwithoutmicrosoft.org/
> among other sites.

[snip]

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