Client Switching to Linux

[Net Llama!]

On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, Brian Witowski wrote:
> All good advice, but I would still keep a Wintel box around as a backup.  In

That's funny.  THanks for making my morning.  "wintel box as backup"
weeeeee.  next you'll suggest grabbing a novell box as a backup
fileserver?

> theory it shouldn't be needed, but try telling the client that when the box
> with VMWare blows up and he can't do his books.  Or when he complains that

And what do we tell the client when the "backup wintel box" blows up?

> he doesn't like the performance hit by running multiple O.S.'s.  Besides,
> there is nothing inherently wrong with keeping 'extra hardware around'.

Sure, nothing but the cost of the hardware, and the M$ licensing fees for
the software.

> Besides, its just good sense to have some sort of fallback when implementing

So keep a backup linux box, and spend less money.

> ANY type of new solution, hardware or software.  Most larger corporations IT
> depts. will beta test new apps/O.S.'s/Hardware for months before rolling
> out.  There's good reason for it.

Because M$ sux and can't be relied upon to do their own dependable beta
testing?

>
> Good Luck.

Indeed.  You'll need it if you're going to stick with M$.

>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-users-admin at linux-sxs.org
> > [mailto:linux-users-admin at linux-sxs.org]On Behalf Of Net Llama!
> > Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 8:09 PM
> > To: linux-users at linux-sxs.org
> > Subject: Re: Client Switching to Linux
> >
> >
> > Michael Hipp wrote:
> > > I have a client that is considering switching to Linux on his desktops.
> > > Yippee! Here's the app list we have to replace:
> > >
> > > Windows XP  -> Red Hat 7.3 Pro
> > > MS Word     -> StarOffice 6.0
> > > MS Excel    ->  "
> > > MS PowerPnt ->  "
> > > MS Outlook  -> Evolution (???)
> > > MS Access   -> (keep a Win machine handy???)
> > > QuickBooks  -> (keep a Win machine handy???)
> > > Palm sync   -> ???
> > >
> > > Is Evolution really a good replacement for Outlook? What do I do about
> > > syncing the Palm?
> >
> > There are quite a few options for this.  See freshmeat for suggestions.
> >
> > >
> > > This client is an attorney; very smart, tired of Windows. I
> > already have a
> > > server ready to go in his office (Dell PowerEdge 500SC with Red Hat 7.3
> > > Pro).
> > >
> > > Thoughts? Advice?
> >
> > Either StarOffice-6.0 (if he's willing to spend the money) or
> > OpenOffice-1.0 for Excel, Powerpoint stuff.  In fact, i'd say, instead
> > of keeping additional hardware around, use VMware if he really must have
> > any of the M$-Office stuff, or access/quickbooks.
> >
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