Re: Sybase/Informix/Oracle can strike GOLD

You may be wrong. LINUX is sold/fully supported (including technical support)
from NOVELL CORPORATION's Caldera Incorported, based in Utah. Novell corporation (enemy of
Microsoft) is selling Unix products for a long time and now they are selling
linux called 'OpenLinux' packaged with 'Dr.Dos' and 'WABI' which will run all
DOS, Windows3.1 and Win32 programs inside linux.

        visit: http://www.caldera.com

Also, another company 'RedHat software Inc' North Carolina company is selling
full technical support and Linux to commercial companies.

	visit : http://www.redhat.com
Plus, many more .... http://www.wgs.com, http://www.suse.com ,
http://linuxcentral.com/ , http://www.linuxmall.com/ ,

Watch out: Borland Corporation is releasing its RDBMS SQL server 'Interbase' for linux
very soon sometime in May/June this year.. to compete with Sybase and Oracle.
Interbase database does not need a DBA person!! It is most easy to use and yet
very powerful!!

jeffd wrote:
>
> Everything in all posts is valid, but they seem to overlook the
> management role of protecting assets.
>
> A manager can't just buy (or not buy) an OS. He or she has to
> prove that the OS is a supported company in the industry; that it
> has a business address, a fax number, personnel to answer support
> and sales questions. Linux would have to be advertising their future
> enhancements and cooperative development agreements with other software
> vendors in trade journals to gain acceptance.
>
> Finally, they would have to CHARGE $$$ for on site support. 3rd level
> management and above really believe that if a company doesn't show a
> big black line quarterly report that they couldn't really have the
> income to build a substantial software product that competes in the
> industry. All these things will come to Linux, but upper management
> isn't seeing them yet.
>
> Don't get me wrong...I'm a LINUX lover too. I even have my own
> website (can't publish it here without getting flamed of course).
Received on Tue Mar 24 1998 - 00:00:00 CST