RE: Distro question

In truth, as both a network design consultant and a professional
educator, I figure that once I'm done with a client, if they never
*need* to call me again, it's a Job Well Done. My goal isn't to rope
them into an ongoing support relationship; it's to set them up so they
can manage it themselves from then on out. Y'all are gonna hate me for
saying this, but if it takes a proprietary product to meet that goal,
then that's what I recommend. If the customer wants me to run their
network for them and take on management on a regular basis, I'll discuss
that, but if the customer, as these do, want autonomy over a small
network then that's what I try to give them.
 
Now, I already knew that folks on the list had their "favorite" flavor.
So...it appears that nobody out there has actual experience with
Xandros...true?
Stephen King
Instructor, Information Technology
Charter College
2221 E. Northern Lights Suite 120
Anchorage, AK 99508
(907) 777-1370
  

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        From: Tim Jordan [mailto:timothy_jordan@labor.state.ak.us]
        Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 7:19 AM
        To: Stephen King
        Cc: aklug@aklug.org
        Subject: Re: Distro question
        
        
        Stephen, my two cents:
        
        I personally would keep them away from a commercial linux
product. If they are your clients you will want to keep them that way.
Providing free software solutions from distros like Mandrake, Fedora,
and others you are able to offer "Free" software and sell your support.
You don't want your clients calling Xandros! Keep the money in Alaska.
        
        I'm not saying there is no place for commercial products in
business or home computing.
        
        I have setup users with very basic computer skills on Mandrake.
If they can email, write letters, do the family budget, share
docuements, surf the web, print and so forth they are happy. Not to
mention the interface is just a pleasing to the eye as XP.
        
        TJ
        On Sat, 2004-04-10 at 12:32, Stephen King wrote:

                Got a client who is considering switching to Linux.
They read a review
                that said Xandros is an awesome distribution and they're
considering
                buying it (as near as I can tell, there's no GPL
version). Anybody here
                have any experience with that distro? As far as I can
tell, the only
                real advantages to it over the new editions of either RH
or SuSE are
                point and click Windows domain interfacing (which they
don't need) and
                the fact that StarOffice is included (which is debatable
for them).
                
                Stephen King
                Instructor, Information Technology
                Charter College
                2221 E. Northern Lights Suite 120
                Anchorage, AK 99508
                (907) 777-1370
                =20
                
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