[olug] sneaking OSS into the workplace

[02fun-u2]

slash dot had a story with a link to a report (300+ pages pdf)that the german gov did on replacing m$ with oss. it gave two points. from nt4 exchange 5.5 iis, and 2000 w/ ad. it tells packanges, using mixed end user client w/ 2000 and linux etc. vary good.

can't seem to find it but i did down load the pdf. i could send it to you off list.




 --- On Thu 10/30,  < thelarsons3 at cox.net > wrote:
From:  [mailto: thelarsons3 at cox.net]
To: olug at olug.org
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 15:37:59 -0500
Subject: [olug] sneaking OSS into the workplace

Along the lines of the next presentation, where can a guy find good reviews of OSS that meets common business software needs?  I'd like to point out some of the benefits of OSS, but so far my boss has not been overly receptive.  I can always scour freshmeat and evaluate on my own, but that can be very time-consuming and in a one-man IT department it's not realistic.  The pressure is just to buy some known proprietary package.<br><br>I'm sure I'm not the first person to encounter this.  What do you guys do?  Is there a website for this sort of thing that I'm just not aware of?  At the moment I'm looking for inventory management s/w, BTW.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Tim<br><br>-- <br>Tim & Alethea<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>OLUG mailing list<br>OLUG at olug.org<br>http://lists.olug.org/mailman/listinfo/olug<br>

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