full-disclosure - lame b!tching about xpsp2

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From: pwicks at oxygen.com (James Patterson Wicks)
Subject: lame b!tching about xpsp2

It's obvious that you do not have a secretary or an assistant.
Implementing change into a business environment is more painful than
pulling teeth.  And then you have unions (NYC) that DEMAND training for
their members.  The insanity never ends.

That being said, yes it is less expensive to run open source software,
but getting from Point A (full Microsoft environment) to Point B (open
source environment) for most companies, does not generate enough return
on investment to try.

-----Original Message-----
From: devis [mailto:devis@...ynix.net] 
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 2:50 PM
To: James Patterson Wicks; Full-disclosure
Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] lame bitching about xpsp2

Did i said that business world should return to command line ? I wasn't 
under that impression.

Do the interface of OpenOffice and MS Office looks THAT different to you

? Hell no. These secretaries are formed to work on an interface, and 
changing a few things in that same interface will not as you think, 
bring the business word to a crawl. To the reverse, it will make them 
more proefficient at computer usage, as any human does become better 
when having to deal with different interfaces / systems.  It will make 
them curious about the new software, capabilities and changes. It voids 
the 'One way of thinking' that vendors try to impose.
Nowadays it is perfectly possible to have 'workers' use a free desktop, 
100 % compatible with all M$ formats, at lower costs, performing better 
( real multitasking ), and with real stability  and not prone to virii. 
So why isn't it happening ?
Yes Unix expertise and tuition is expensive, but if all ur software 
licenses costs and other support contracts license money was going to 
your own Nix expert employe, who uses free software, not only would you 
save money, but you will be more secure too.

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