[NTLUG:Discuss] Open Source
Greg Edwards
greg at nas-inet.com
Fri Feb 1 20:29:16 CST 2008
Robert Citek wrote:
> On Feb 1, 2008 3:15 PM, Greg Edwards <gedwards at netbsa.org> wrote:
>> If the boss hears 10 people talking about OpenOffice being
>> able to do everything that MS Office can do for $300 less and doesn't
>> crash on top of it, they'll notice. If only 1 person mentions it just
>> once, nobody notices.
>
> Yes, but now you are talking about changing the Open Source culture.
> Geeks explain something at most once. The only time one would mention
> a topic a second time is to tell them to RTFM[1] or STFW. Repeating
> something over and over again is for marketting types. Or so appears
> the majority belief.
>
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFM
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
Here's the problem, we need the worker bees not the geeks to sing the
praises of OSS. Upper management thinks that we're always trying to
tinker and get them to use the latest greatest wiz-bang toy so they
don't listen. Ok so they're right ;)
--
Greg Edwards
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