[olug] sneaking OSS into the workplace

[Craig Wolf]

I read Linux Journal as well as NewsForge.com and LinuxToday.com to keep up on things new and fun.  Slashdot always has info on new programs.  As for what "meets common business software needs", I just have to get lucky to see something as well as listening to what my fellow OLUG members are using/troubling with...HTH


Craig Wolf
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>>> thelarsons3 at cox.net 10/30/2003 >>>
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.

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.

Thanks,
Tim

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Tim & Alethea

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