on 10/18/2007 12:52 PM Frank Cox spake the following:
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:43:54 -0700 Scott Silva ssilva@sgvwater.com wrote:
And when you are trying to persuade a business to part with their hard earned dollars to deal with your business, asking them to change to suit you will not fly very far.
If they have a problem that they want solved and you're the guy who can solve it, you might be surprised.
You can have principles, or you can have income.
Linux isn't just a "principle". It is the most efficient and cost effective way to solve problems and implement solutions in a great many situations. That's not principle. That's getting the job done.
Don't get me wrong. I love Linux and think everybody should be using it. But since many of the people I have to work with don't use it, and have no clue or desire to use it, I have to be able to "swing both ways". Someday maybe Microsoft will be in the history books like Wang and CDC.