[Fwd: Re: [seul-edu] RE: selling Linux]

[Doug Loss <dloss@suscom.net>]

owner-seul-edu@seul.org wrote:

> Subject: Re: [seul-edu] RE: selling Linux
> From: Bruno Coudoin <bcoudoin@anfora.fr>
> To: seul-edu@seul.org
>
> What do you mean,
> > Here we use Linux for all our client servers not because
> > it is better than Microsoft but because it is easier to work with,
> maintain
> > and also it cheaper too...
>
> This is not coherent, you say in the say sentence that is is not better
> than M$ but you choosed it because it is easier, cheaper, .. so tell it
> better?
> So the point you miss and that is well explained in RMS document is that
> it is better BECAUSE is is open.
> Open source produces better products than close source.
>
> Le 15 May 2001 11:04:00 -0500, Daniel Guermeur a écrit :
> > BTW if you try to sell Linux by saying Microsoft is bad you may have a hard
> > time... and also this is not really convincing. I would present Linux as a
> > viable alternative. Here we use Linux for all our client servers not because
> > it is better than Microsoft but because it is easier to work with, maintain
> > and also it cheaper too...
> >
> > my 2cts.
> > D aniel
> >
>
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