[ale] top selling points for linux...? [anti-flame]

[Jeff Layton]

Christopher Bergeron wrote:

> I'm not a salesman, but in an attempt to help my sales/marketing department
> understand why _my_ MIS dept. is better than a Windows shop.  Could you guys
> help me come up with a few that I might've missed.  Again, my target
> audience is a "technically inclined" sales group, but not "too technical".
>
> ROI - with Linux we get more for our money in the long run.  We save on
> licensing fees and maintenance in general by bringing support "in-house".
>
> Performance/Efficiency - Linux outperforms _most_ Windows equivalents in a
> production environment (ie, Samba vs. Native Windows file sharing, MySQL vs.
> SQL Server, etc).
>
> Open archictecture - Linux is "open source" meaning it can be tailored/tuned
> to work "better" in any given situation.  With Microsoft software (the
> kernel particularly) you are locked in.  A good analogy is that it's like
> driving a car with the hood sealed shut.  Your skills are wasted if you're a
> mechanic (programmer/sys admin).
>
> Does anyone know of any other good points or anlaogies that could make this
> stuff crystal clear for my audience?

How about the ability to run on many different platforms? Same OS, different
platform. You can tune the hardware for the specific need, but you still have
the same OS.

Also, Linux is very happy with hardware Windows would choke on. This
is primarily low-end machines, but the ability to take an older desktop and
use it for a mail server for a department, or a DNS slave, or a print server,
or whatever, is a powerful argument (you don't have to upgrade the box
to perform these functions).

Good Luck!

Jeff


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> CB
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