[Gllug] just preaching to the converted !

[Simon Morris]

On 22/10/05, Adrian McMenamin <adrian at mcmen.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> >
> > The thing there is that if you accept the Microsoft EULA then you also
> > don't have anyone to hold to account for failings in software. You
> > know *who* to blame but try and hold them to account and you'll soon
> > find you left your rights at the door when you hit "I accept"
> >
>
> I don't disagree. The thing was this was how they saw OSS - a toy.
> (Presumably they pay somebody to install and patch their MS software but
> don't feel they can do the same with OSS).

To paraphrase a conversation I had not so long ago

Bloke: "We'd like to use Linux but the Enterprise versions are
expensive and with the free versions we don't see who is going to
support us"

Me: "But you use Windows and thats expensive, and when was the last
time you actually called Microsoft and paid for support?"

Bloke: "Never... *mumble*mumble*"

Inertia was the problem with that client......
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