On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote: > At Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:45:23 +0100 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > wrote: > > > > > Hello all. > > > > Does anybody have experience with pushing CentOS in enterprise? > > > > I have the following situation. I tried to promote CentOS to local bank. > They have now a couple of Gentoo-based systems and I tried to explain them > that CentOS is much better option for enterprises. > > > > IT department is interested in stability of the system, so they are ready > to give CentOS a try. But the problem came from management and information > security division. > > > > That guys look much affected by FUD created by M$. They tell the story > like "you can not rely on this open source, it is built by just few > community geeks, you never know what will happen if the developer will be > hit by bus tomorrow" and so on. They especially refer to the last year FUD > story published at ZDNet (http://goo.gl/y0LBi). So, IT guys are allowed to > use open source only if they can prove that it has stable community and > transparent development and build process they can reproduce on their own if > necessary. > > > > I guess, I'm not the first who encounter this issue. Could you share your > experience how to deal with it? Are there any public resources that can be > used as proofs of CentOS stability? > > > > Have you pointed the bank people at Red Hat itself. Red Hat is NOT a > 'few community geeks' -- they are a thriving business. Also, you > probably can mention that IBM support Linux. IBM is most certainly NOT > a 'few community geeks'... > > > > > -- > > > > Zdenek > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > > -- > Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 / heller at deepsoft.com > Deepwoods Software -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ > () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail > /\ www.asciiribbon.org -- against proprietary attachments > > > Management types like numbers. Here's a Cnet article that gives you the breakdown of who contributes to Linux: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-20024219-62.html That article, in turn, refers to a Forbes piece on Red Hat and open source in general: http://blogs.forbes.com/ciocentral/2010/11/30/red-hat-at-1-billion/ _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20101212/0a802dd1/attachment-0005.html>