Presentations For ITEC - Submit Early!!!

[W. Wayne Liauh]

Excellent assey.  If Windows is not good, how come over 90% of all PC users are
using it?

There is no question that Microsoft Windows is an excellent system.  But, due to
some of its inherent deep-rooted design flaws, it may not serve tomorrow's, or
even today's computing need.  And we believe this is where Linux will come in.
But it will take some time.



Warren Togami wrote:

> I disagree.  We must show Open Source alternatives that are better and
> cheaper for all operating systems, including Windows.  With millions of
> Windows desktops, they own public mindshare as well as 95% of the
> desktop/workstastion market.  It is important that we create a smooth
> migration path from the proprietary platform to Open Source platforms,
> otherwise the market will barely budge.  If we follow a closed minded
> approach and completely ignore Windows by principle, we risk not show the
> safety of familiarity, the benefits of interoperability and platform
> neutrality that must be our main selling points to convert the masses.
> Understandable, realistic merits like these will be the only thing that may
> convince the pointy haired bosses at ITEC, not fanaticism of the zealot.
>
> Smooth Migration Path
> By showing that quality Open Source software works well on Windows, many
> traditional proprietary shops will adopt it on their current platforms.  If
> they that see their same OSS application works just as well on Linux, what
> will they be more likely to buy the next time hardware upgrades roll around?
> StarOffice/OpenOffice is a great example of OSS fulfilling this task, laying
> the foundation for future conversions.
>
> Interoperability and Platform Neutrality
> What if Samba were never written, simply because Jeremy Allison decided that
> he shouldn't support evil proprietary operating systems?  Apache, Perl, PHP,
> and MySQL support Windows along with many other platforms, so Windows
> developers at least have a CHANCE of learning Open Source platforms for web
> applications.  VNC is a great cross-platform remote desktop application
> similar to PC Anywhere, with servers and clients for many Unix platforms,
> Windows and MacOS.  (Check out TridiaVNC.com for a great easy to use
> packaged version of VNC.  Try the new "Tight" encoding that reduces
> bandwidth needs far enough that dial-up modems are almost usable with remote
> desktops.)  VNC also allows me to pull up a full KDE desktop session on any
> Windows or Mac client on the network or across the Internet within 5
> seconds.  Cygwin allows many Unix programs to be compiled easily on a
> Windows platform.  It is great to tunnel VNC via OpenSSH directly into a
> Windows machine, while using bash and gcc on the same machine at native
> speeds.  With Transgaming's development, WINE will one day be a viable
> platform with excellent compatibility for most Windows games.  Win4Lin and
> VMWare are great for avoiding dual booting when you need certain
> applications, and for sandboxed system and development testing with easy
> filesystem rollback.  Ximian's .NET and C# implementation, if successful,
> would create unparelled development advancements that would greatly benefit
> Open Source, while hopefully providing further interoperability with
> Microsoft CLR applications.  (Yet to be seen...)
>
> Why would we NOT want to show these cool and useful things are possible with
> Linux and Open Source?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "al plant" <webmaster at hawaiidakine.com>
> To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at list.luau.hi.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 5:24 PM
> Subject: [luau] Re: Presentations For ITEC - Submit Early!!!
> >
> > I think we owe it to them to show them the better path.
> > Micro$oft  is going to charge them an annual fee for all
> > it's programs with the next release anyway as I see it from
> > the posts. So I think they should hear about alternatives
> > that keep them away from the Micro$oft tax. And a system
> > that doenst have the problems that outlook and the rest of
> > their programs have in respect to attacks. Just look at the
> > posts on this list of the issues today with the worm.
> >
>
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