[ Thanks to Michael
S. Mimoso for this link. ]
“If you don’t know your stuff, don’t go ahead and pitch Linux
and open source software (OSS) to your ‘closed-source’ IT shop and
company. ‘You’d better know your facts and have experience in the
OSS world,’ said Matt Asay, chairman of Novell’s Linux Business
Office & Open Source Review Board. ‘Gather data, both
quantitative and qualitative.’ He’s followed his own advice,
serving as General Manager at Lineo, an embedded Linux software
startup, as well as Novell. He also spent three years studying
software licensing and innovation Stanford Law School, where he
earned a doctorate…“What are the ramifications on IT pros/shops of the
operating system wars that are occurring now? Also, why are some IT
pros so emotional about their ‘chosen’ operating systems
(OSes)?“Asay: Change is difficult, and adoption of a
new OS can be a particularly difficult change for an IT shop to
make. Small wonder, then, that IT shops get ’emotional’ about their
chosen OSes. It’s comfortable. It’s familiar. It (sometimes)
works…”