[TriLUG] Linux and ATT

[Lug]

I spend most of my day supporting a team of about 40 people (give or take
a few) at AT&T and I can assure you that there are certain critical
enterprise functions here that will NOT occur without Linux.

Just because they won't support you as a Linux user, doesn't mean they
aren't in tune with Linux and free software markets.  It's more of a
matter of the (low) profit margin of managing users with Linux desktops,
as opposed to using it for core Internet information services.  You'd be
surprised at the large organizations who use it, but won't support users
who use it.

Lug


On 5 Apr 2002, John Matthews wrote:

> On Thu, 2002-04-04 at 22:13, M. Mueller wrote:
> > I had no success trying to pay my ATT bill online using Konqueror, Mozilla,
> > or Netscape.  I had no problems using W98/IE5.  I vote with my wallet.  Time
> > for a new LD service provider.
>
> Good. You should probably send an email to customer relations saying why
> you're dropping. And when the telemarketers start calling you, it'd be a
> good way to vent by telling them how ATT isn't in tune with the Linux
> and free software markets. :^)
>
> Regards,
> matt
>
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