Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 05:27:23 +0800 From: "Derek Barrett" <derekbarrett@graffiti.net> To: <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux For Managers... Message-ID: <20021028212723.30105.qmail@graffiti.net>
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This raises a good point. While I don't have an answer right now that addresses the "managerese" way of selling, a good model for what's needed in FreeBSD is the new Postgres advocacy website. Not only does it make the case (backed up with case studies), it also has all the right lingo. (Total Cost of Ownership, administration costs, deployment, etc.) FreeBSD could really use something like this, so in cases this exact same scenario comes up (which it WILL), we can just point our managers to the page and not have to write up something over and over again: http://advocacy.postgresql.org/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 13:11:34 -0800 To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD vs Linux For Managers... > A coworker and I are planning on replacing about 20 LynxOS lab workstations > with FreeBSD. We originally chose LynxOS because that's what our embedded > products use. But its getting too expensive to support it on workstation, and > they're difficult to maintain. > > I stepped up to the plate and set up a prototype workstation with FreeBSD, > with an identical look-and-feel to the other workstations (mwm, development > scripts, etc), and created a step-by-step guide to installation and > configuration. > > The sole purpose of these workstations is to connect to our embedded products > via cu. > > We are all set to go to roll out FreeBSD to the other lab workstations. But > some Linux advocate in the company is starting to raise a stink (even though > he is unwilling to help in the conversion and subsequent maintenance). Now > the manager in charge of the machines wants a report on why FreeBSD was > chosen instead of Linux. Sigh. > > So what good reasons translated into Manager-ese can I present? > > Thanks, > > David Johnson > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > > -- _______________________________________________ Get your free email from http://www.graffiti.net Powered by Outblaze To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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