World going more Open Source?

[Merk42]

Hey
I read an article few years ago (can't find the link anymore) which stated more and more companies will switch to open source programs such as Linux to cut back on costs.

Factor in retraining, and it is cheaper to stick with XP until 2014 than to switch to Linux

[pwnst*r]

Factor in retraining, and it is cheaper to stick with XP until 2014 than to switch to Linux

^This.

Those that will disagree have never worked in a corporate environment. Guaranteed.

[beew]

^This.

Those that will disagree have never worked in a corporate environment. Guaranteed.

The corporate environment is basically a lot of bs. There are of course costs in training people to use Linux, but do you think there is no cost in training people to use windows? The only thing is the corporate freeloaders don't pay for it, they pass the buck onto us, by having schools and colleges teaching Windows and so basically providing free training at tax payers' expense.

[rjbl]

Business will buy what is good for business. Like it or not, Linux isn't for every industry primarily b/c the application software either doesn't exist on the scale needed, or it isn't up to snuff. For example, find me the equivalent of MAS90 for Linux. There are thousands of MS based applications like this that businesses rely on.

Beware of taking a merely North American / US view. Sage Accounting products actually have a lot of competition in Europe, Africa and Asia. GNU/Linux is very widely deployed throughout European business and government - has been for years. Guess what, there are commercial GNU/Linux accounting products which the likes of BMW are happy to buy.

rjbl

[kamaboko]

Beware of taking a merely North American / US view. Sage Accounting products actually have a lot of competition in Europe, Africa and Asia. GNU/Linux is very widely deployed throughout European business and government - has been for years. Guess what, there are commercial GNU/Linux accounting products which the likes of BMW are happy to buy.

rjbl

Out of curiosity, can you specifically name these Linux platform software manufacturers that are making Sage Accounting sweat the European, African and Asian markets?

[rjbl]

Out of curiosity, can you specifically name these Linux platform software manufacturers that are making Sage Accounting sweat the European, African and Asian markets?

Try SAP, for instance.

rjbl