Replacing Novell software 4 or 5

[Dustin Decker]

On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:

> You can't just assume it, but there's a very strong case to be made for
> Linux replacing W2k on the server side.  It begins with licensing costs,
> which will more than cover any investment in support expertise, whether it's
> retraining existing staff or hiring new experts.  Microsoft's combination of
> licensing schemes and upgrade cycles are the killer argument, but there's
> also license-free prototyping and development, open standards to prevent
> getting your data locked into a proprietary format, and the arguable
> performance and security benefits of Linux as well.
> 
> It's a tough sell, but on the server side it's win-able.

Oh indeed.  And with things like OpenOffice, it's starting to look like 
cracking M$ Office is finally becoming a reality.  This is a Good 
Thing(tm) considering Office is where the real power of that monopoly has 
been so heavily entrenched.

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