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

[James P. Kinney III]

The internet was invented by UNIX people. 
Microsoft has been playing catchup in the networking area since it's
inception. 
Linux was built on the best ideas of all of the preceeding UNIX
variants. 
Every major OS development house, except Microsoft, has embraced Linux
as the rising star to be adopted ASAP. 
Microsoft has clearly identified Linux as a serious, competetive threat
to it's server market and a growing threat to it's desktop market.
The better Microsft OS products become, the more UNIX-like they get. So
why bother with an imitation when you can have the real thing?
The UNIX security model allows a desktop system to be locked down and
unchangable for the casual user. This make multi-user environments
maintainable.
Yes, UNIX admins cost more to have on staff, but they can maintain more
machines than 3 windows admins, but cost like 1.5 windows admins.
Standards Compliant. 

I think I could continue for another 3000 words.

On Mon, 2001-11-26 at 08:35, 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?
> 
> TIA,
> CB
> 
> 
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