[ale] Ernie Ball says F.Y. to Microsoft

[James P. Kinney III]

On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 15:47, Irv Mullins wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 August 2003 03:33 pm, hbbs at comcast.net wrote:
> > http://news.com.com/2008-1082_3-5065859.html?tag=fd_lede2_hed
> 
> Interesting. Also note how he accurately points to the greatest factor that is 
> preventing Linux from gaining wider acceptance:
> 
> "But the developers need to start writing the real-world applications people 
> need to run a business...engineering, art and design tools, that kind of 
> stuff...They're all trying to build servers that already exist and do a whole 
> bunch of stuff that's already out there...I think there's a lot of room to 
> not just create an alternative to Microsoft but really take the next step and 
> do something new. "

There is some real kick-ass stuff out there right now. SQL-ledger is a
great bookkeeping package for SMB. Compiere is an incredible CRM package
that integrates with SQL-ledger. (Too bad Compiere still uses Oracle as
a back-end. PostgreSQL port is underway, but stalled due to some heavy
technical issues)

I am forwarding that link to all of my clients who still insist on using
M$ crap.
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