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Re: [PLUG] LBF (Linux Business Forum): Top Arguments FOR and AGAINST using Linux in Business
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Matthew Ozor said:
> I touch a few of those topics and clear up what I mean.
>
>>Unsupported software (MS Office formats), etc
> Linux has OpenOffice.org now full MS format support
Not in my experience. Resaving a Word doc in OO that has bulleting screws
up the formating of the bulleted list.
>> Those are all server level things. And the vast majority (in terms of
>> number of PCs and number of users) are on the desktop. Many places
>> already have Linux machines in place as servers. At a WAG, I'd say
>> most businesses buy 10x more desktops than servers, if not more.
>
> This true but creating a Intranet is vital for the organization of a
> companies activities.
>
>> > *Apache
>> > *MySQL
>> > *PHP
>
> Can do this at no cost compared to the astronomical cost this would be
> on a NT server.
It's not astronomical. :-) Apache on Win32 is free. I beleive there is a
version of MySQL for Win32, also free. You pay for NT (well, these days
Win2K - few hundred bucks). Dunno if PHP is available for Win32, or how
much it costs.
The costs come in administrative time.
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