[TriLUG] demoing F/OSS innovation(s)

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Brian,

I certainly didn't mean to imply that F/OSS is more applicable to
small business!  In fact, it rather seems to have its strongest applications
in large IT environments of large corporations.

I work for a mid-sized
manufacturing company, developing and integrating enterprise solutions for
our own use.  F/OSS has been great for us for web development, networks, etc.
 (And to a limited degree, the desktop.)  Where I've had trouble fitting F/OSS
in is the administrative applications that run the company.

That is where
my question came from, not from a notion that F/OSS = small potatoes.  I want
to know what others have done in small company settings.  We're looking at
expensive accounting software right now, and I wonder if I'm missing some
F/OSS alternatives that can really do the job.

--Bob

--- Triangle Linux
Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org wrote:
I think it may be an
unfortunate assumption (for lack of a better word) to
> automatically assign
the usefulness and/or economic benefits of F/OSS
> software to "mom & pop"
organizations.  If some large-ish corporation(s)
> were to publicly jump
on using F/OSS software for their operations, it could
> be the sort of publicity
needed to give a big boost to real "end-user" F/OSS
> software development.

> Of course, the problem likely will boil down to greed..  A) are the big

> software conglomerates going to sit by while F/OSS takes chunks out of
their
> market share?  B) are more community F/OSS developers going to suddenly

> realize that they could be / should be / deserve to be / want to be paid
for
> their development efforts?  C (a corollary to B))  Will the service
contract
> industry sufficiently finance corporate F/OSS development in the
long-run?
> Perhaps I'm overly cynical..  Just my few cents.
> 
> ~B
>

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