Re: Life of VB6?
- From: "Ralph" <nt_consulting64@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 08:05:59 -0600
"MM" <kylix_is@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:28:55 -0600, Paul Clementto be made on it. Of course
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On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:09:08 +0000, MM <kylix_is@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
¤ On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 22:34:07 +0100, "Schmidt" <sss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
¤
¤ >On Hardware as cheap like these there's no place for
¤ >costly MS-Software - those pieces come with a
¤ >preinstalled Linux-OS, including a complete Office-
¤ >Environment (Gimp, FireFox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice
¤ >and also Groupware-Clients and Developer-Tools) for free.
¤
¤ And the more widespread the use of Linux becomes, the better it will
¤ get. When I see Linux I see sunlit uplands and lack of obscene greed.
¤ When I see Microsoft, words fail me.
Yeah, that's because where Linux is concerned there's little or no money
required to manage open soresyou can certainly piss away a lot of money employing the personnel
systems.
SuSE didn't make any money when it got taken over by a very large
company? And how do those other distros manage to survive on little or
no money? Perhaps you're just spreading propaganda in a vain attempt
to persuade people to part with their money, even though free
alternatives are often better, e.g. OpenOffice.
MM
In all fairness to Paul, I believe he is referring to situations where a
business attempts to go OpenSource.
In my limited experience I have seen about 20 shops attempt this (not
counting shops that only dabbled), and only about 5 who were fanatically
serious about it. On the short haul costs were dramatically lower, but it
always required hiring a larger staff of very experienced, technologically
savvy, developers. And these staffs were all characterized by heroes. Hero
retention was always a problem whether through loss or worse - promotion
(the Peter Principle too often "Ruled" <g>). Few survived more than 3 years
without costs quickly matching or often exceeding what a "Vendor Solution"
would have cost. I didn't say they didn't make it or still aren't making
it - but contrary to hype - it isn't that cheap.
That's biggest problem with Open Source for the typical business - they have
to develop IT expertise in areas that aren't really a part of their business
objectives.
But with that said, the previous URL on Indiana's "Access 2007" initiative,
contained some interesting links one of which gave a list of damn good
comparative software that is now available. This isn't 1999. Anyone that
wants to go that route today has less challenges and more opportunities.
[I intend to follow the Indiana example. It will be very interesting to see
where they are in 3 years.]
I never thought that OpenSource wasn't or isn't a viable alternative. I only
have trouble with people thinking it is going to save them tons of money,
since in my experience it doesn't. It only swaps out one source of
aggravation for another. <g>
Much is the same with the home user. He has to become his own 'hero'.
-ralph
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