[Linux-aus] Organisations moving to Linux

[Stephen Rothwell]

On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 20:03:35 +1000 David.Peters at CountryEnergy.com.au wrote:
>
> 
> The problem may not actually be that it is too costly to move to linux. It
> may actually be too costly to move to anything else. Additionally, upgrades
> to software at the same time as upgrading the OS may have other hidden
> costs. The problem is that if a company is using say version 1 of a product
> on windows and they need to upgrade to version 2 then you might suggest
> that they go to Linux at that time for example, because they already have
> to retest everything. However, you generally find that enterprises such as
> City Councils, have other ancilliary systems that hang off most of their
> enterprise systems, which may also require rewriting or changing if the
> enterprise server O/S changes.
> 
> The way that it generally happens is that either a new product is installed
> and the choice of Linux is offered, the product is no longer available on a
> particular platform (such as Oracle 9 and SGI Irix), or the ancilliary
> systems themselves start getting replaced with linux as they are rewritten.
> 
> Summing up, it not necessarily the 'cost of linux' that is the problem,
> rather than the 'cost of change'.

Hear! Hear!

That is why the new Windows releases and licensing is such a good
opportunity for Linux ...

Disclaimer: I speak for myself not for my employer.
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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr at canb.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/