Jeff Hubbs wrote:
>
> Interesting, isn't it? For the people on this list, Linux is pretty much a
> part of everyday life, but for the vast majority of businesses, I feel safe
> saying it just doesn't exist.
You're right, but all you've got to do is train them. :)
I joined my current organization a little over 3 years ago. Once I got
my hardware, I used partition magic to give me some Linux space and
installed a dual boot of Red Hat. I didn't tell them initially, but
from that point on, I continued to share my views of Linux and NT (the
corporate standard). As the lead developer on a small web team, I was
in the position to make decisions regarding future software (NT server
was already in place on the web server before I took the assignment).
So, rather than opt for M$ IIS, I went with Netscape Fastrack. Later
moved to Netscape Enterprise. Use Perl for cgi. Uwin for decent shell
tools on my NT box.
Three years later, I just received my upgrade hardware. They're
learning. It came with NT preinstalled on a 1.5 gig partition, leaving
me with 8.5 gig to install Linux. Before ordering the hardware, the
tech called me to make sure that the hardware I got would work with
Linux. I was able to choose from a couple of different laptop setups
and video cards. Small steps for a large corporation, but it happens.
I've recently added an Oracle admin/developer to the team and we will be
needing to add additional webservers. Between my new team member and
myself, we've convinced them to go with a Unix server. OS has not been
selected yet. I'm working hard to cover all the angles. It may not end
up being Linux, but it certainly won't be NT.
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I'm afraid there will be more problems with W2K than there were with
Y2K...
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