Lots of good points, with a few exceptions
> When it comes down to it, the only thing your manager and upper management
> want is the ability to make that phone call and have someone out within a
> few hours to make the necessary fixes. And when you, as the designer, draw
> up the proposal, you can, in most cases, make a good bet that the
> people seeing the proposal would rather see 'Sun', or *maybe* 'BSDI' when it
> comes to UNIX. It's unfortunate, but it tends to be that way in medium to
> large corporations.
I think that it depends upon the medium to large corporation. however,
you've hit the nail right there. MANY medium to large corporations
want what you have stated. however
* not all of them do. I know people in the area (cambridge MA) who
work for large corporations that use linux.
* medium to large corporations aren't the only non-home computer
users. what of:
- university
- k-12 schools
- non profit
- small business
In those realms you see a lot less reliance on the corporate
approved standards (whatever those mean). Like anything else, F500
corps have a very long lead time from introduction of technology to
actually using/allowing its use.
* equally important is what i think is erroneous wording in your
article. you replied to me and mentioned "your manager...upper management"
I'm sure that this is true for many managers and many companies upper
management, but, it certainly isn't true for myself, nor any of
the sites at which i work.
-- craig
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