sk8r-365 wrote:

> Feverishly pounding upon a keyboard jim typed:
>
> <snip>
>> If it doesn't affect your earning a living or some other important aspect
>> of
>> your life, FOSS may be just fine. But, if its important, its important
>> enough to pay to have it done right and supported.
> <snip>
>
>

Quote:

> > Moreover, open-source solutions are generating confidence. Close to > three in five respondents, 58 percent, strongly agree or agree with the > statement that Linux is reliable enough to depend upon for > mission-critical applications. Remarkably, that confidence is highest > among IT executives and managers: 62 percent say Linux is ready for > prime time. > >

>
> Interested in reading the whole story? I don't mean you, Jim - you're
> too close (source) minded. Go to http://www.cio.com/article/375916/

It's funny - we recently polled our client base, and discovered that over
90% are migrating away from proprietary software. Reasons cited include
the general state of "Vista" (unstable, slow, expensive, incompatible with
existing hardware / software) and the availability of truly viable FOSS
alternatives.

MS' products are simply unsuitable for serious business use. "Exchange
Server" is a poor joke, "Office" breaks compatibility with each new
iteration to try to force upgrades throughout an organisation, and the
general vulnerability of Windows in all its variants to all the forms of
malware amply demonstrate this.

The latest form of ransom malware is positively scary -

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1251

Just /another/ reason to dump Windoze...

C.