[Gllug] Open Source lobbying meeting - UKUUG London Thurs 19th

[Chris Bell]

On Sun 15 Oct, Christopher Hunter wrote:
> 

> Most large companies and corporations aren't interested in FOSS software - the 
> majority of people with their hands on the purse strings don't believe that 
> it can work for them.  The "if it's free it can't be any good" argument wins 
> every time.  There's also a serious lack of people able to maintain 
> FOSS-based business systems - though more are training these days - and MCSEs 
> are cheap and plentiful.
> 
> The only place that there can be a significant take up of FOSS is on personal 
> and home computers.  As MS price their new "operating system" higher than the 
> price of a basic set of hardware, people will look elsewhere for their 
> software.  I've lost count of the installs I've done for friends and family, 
> and none of them have returned to MS.  
> 
   I am finding more interest among small companies, especially those run by
"ethnic minorities" and immigrants. Many have never heard about FOSS but are
willing to try.


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Chris Bell

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