Arthur S. Alexion on Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:16:50 -0500 |
On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 08:31, Paul wrote: > What would happen if we turned around the equivalents issue? What does > Linux offer which other OS'es do not, and which businesses and regular > users would benefit from? And why does it have to be equivalent? What > about better or sufficient applications? That's a noble question but here's the rub. While I agree Apache is better than IIS, most businesses don't need a web server. Of the vast majority in terms of numbers that have web sites, most have hosting arrangements where the hosting company provides, maintains and worries about the server software. On the other hand, few companies can exist without bookkeeping (at least if the owners want to stay out of jail). And as to OSS software developers not being interested in low-tech bookkeeping software, but preparing their taxes, GNUCash may be adequate for individual financial management, but not for even small businesses. -- Arthur S. Alexion <arthur@alexion.com> Arthur S. Alexion LLC _________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug
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