Letter from my boss
Marvin Bellamy
Marvin.Bellamy at innovision.com
Fri Feb 22 17:43:42 CST 2002
Kudos for your organization! To show the bad with the good, I thought I
had my boss convinced to go with a Linux/PostgreSQL back-end.
Unfortunately, we've elected to start the process of evaluating Oracle
for a later commitment. Installation is a pain because of hardware
compatibility issues (administration looks like it'll be a bear). I've
been screwing around with it for a few days now. What's ironic is I've
already got a PostgreSQL installation (with data already ported) running
on much cheaper hardware that I could start using today!
Chris Midkiff wrote:
> Thought some of you might enjoy this...
>
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> I've been working on my boss (a fully confirmed Microsoft fan & VB
> developer) for about a year on open source software. I have
> convinced the company to allow me to replace our Win2k Advanced Server
> with Linux (all it does is DCHP and File/Printer sharing). Also, a
> week ago I finally convinced him, on a price basis, to try OpenOffice
> on his WinXP laptop. The Following is the message that I received
> from him today (copied by permission):
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> I have been using OpenOffice now for a number of days. I created the
> Essex Manuals using OpenOffice and am in the process of writing the
> requirements for Butterball. I am more than impressed with this
> package. So far it has done everything I needed it to. In fact, I
> think it's actually easier in some ways than MS Office!
>
>
>
> I have since removed Office XP from my Laptop with the exception of
> Access and I recommend everyone do the same.
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> I see no reason why we should keep MS Office installed other than if
> it is tied into a package like TigerPaw or QuickBooks and is
> absolutely necessary.
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> Thought you'd like to know!
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>
> Talk to you kids later.
>
> Valère S. Palhoriès
> DataCapture Technologies Inc. http://www.datacaptech.com
> 510 Southwest Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66203 USA
>
> Innovative Solutions for Data Collection
>
> ----End Message----
>
> This weekend, I'm converting our Dual Proc HP Server from Win2000
> Advanced Server to Redhat 7.2. Great to see this all coming around
> after a year of sharing the gospel around here. Linux Advocacy really
> does work.. and articles in the Wall Street Journal don't hurt none.
> They even want me to show how feasible it would be to replace windows
> with Linux on the desktops for the sales/office personnel.
>
> _WOHOO_
>
> Chris Midkiff
>
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