From: Chris Robinson 


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Similar thing with our financial controller (well, he was asking questions
a lot anyway).  I think a lot of the financial and business newsletters and
magazines are awash with Linux/  OpenSource stories aswell as all the IT
mags.

Chris.

Mike '/m' wrote:

> On Tue, 06 May 2003 16:00:54 +0100, Adam Flinton 
> wrote:
>
> >http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=461831663&fp=16&fpid=0
> >
> >""Linux is on fire," said Rich Niemiec, president
of the Chicago-based
> >International Oracle Users Group (IOUG). ...
> >"We're not sacrificing reliability or availability," he
noted. "We
> >haven't had any issues with performance. It runs just as well as
Unix." "
>
> I gave a presentation to our board of direcotrs on Monday.  One of the
> questions I fielded was regarding our use of Open Source software.  The
> Director seemed rather knowledgeable of Open Source and let me know that I
> should be looking to remove the company from the grips of Microsoft
> whenever possible.
>
> I cannot imagine that this question does not take place in many other
> meetings round the world.
>
>  /m

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Similar thing with our financial controller (well, he was asking questions
a lot anyway).  I think a lot of the financial and business
newsletters and magazines are awash with Linux/  OpenSource
stories aswell as all the IT mags.
Chris.
Mike '/m' wrote:
On Tue, 06 May 2003 16:00:54 +0100, Adam Flinton
<adam{at}NOSPAM_softfab.com>
wrote:
>http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=461831663&fp=16&fpid=
0">http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=461831663&fp=16&fpid=0<
/a>
>
>""Linux is on fire," said Rich Niemiec,
president of the Chicago-based
>International Oracle Users Group (IOUG). ...
>"We're not sacrificing reliability or
availability," he noted. "We
>haven't had any issues with performance. It runs just as well
as Unix."
"
I gave a presentation to our board of direcotrs on Monday.  One
of the
questions I fielded was regarding our use of Open Source
software. 
The
Director seemed rather knowledgeable of Open Source and let me know
that I
should be looking to remove the company from the grips of Microsoft
whenever possible.
I cannot imagine that this question does not take place in many other
meetings round the world.
 /m


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