ADVOCACY: Great article in CIO magazine

[bmcculley at rcn.com]

Greg, this might be a great example for you, but I thought it
would also be of interest to the full list so I'm posting it here.

It's  from yesterday's Computerworld online daily, about an
open-source "win" from a Microsoft Gold partner developing
e-commerce sites for the likes of Eddie Bauer and Brookstone.
 Their CTO estimates that they were 90% Microsoft three years
ago, and this year 50 to 60 % of their sites will be using
open source.

http://www.computerworld.com/developmenttopics/development/story/0,10801,90366,00.html?nas=PM-90366


Enjoy!

-Bruce McCulley

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 17:32:52 -0500
>From: Greg Rundlett <greg at freephile.com>  
>Subject: ADVOCACY: Great article in CIO magazine  
>To: "Discuss at Gnhlug. Org" <discuss at gnhlug.org>, discuss at blu.org
>
>   Apparently the online version is a month behind, but
>   if you have the print version of CIO magazine there
>   is a great article this month (March 2004 issue)
>   titled the 'Myths of Open Source'.  The article goes
>   on to debunk the following myths, using case studies
>   and quotes as support:
>   1. The attraction is the price tag
>   2. The savings aren't real
>   3. There's no support
>   4. It's a legal minefield
>   5. Open source isn't for mission-critical
>       applications
>   6. Open source isn't ready for the desktop
>   I think the article is a good read, and a must-have
>   for someone in the consulting area if you want a
>   good piece of collateral to convince decision-makers
>   that they too should look at Free Software as an
>   option.
>
>   I'm giving a talk next week on this very subject
>   (Who is using Free Software and Why) to small
>   business owners.  If anyone has great case studies
>   or examples, please send them to me off-list or post
>   them directly on the freephile wiki:
>   http://freephile.com/tiki/tiki-index.php
>   (registration required to edit pages)
>
>   Thanks,
>
>   Greg
>
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