[Ubuntu Chicago] Linux on the desktop in a huge corporation!

[Chad Sutton]

Jim Campbell wrote:
> There was just an article out yesterday 
> <http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2094415,00.asp> about a new U.S. 
> support partnership between Ubuntu and SpikeSource.  I had never heard 
> of them, but it sounds like they're going to certify a whole range of 
> enterprise apps (CRM, CMS, etc.) for use on Ubuntu.  So there's that 
> coming down the road, plus Canonical support is already available out 
> of Montreal.
>
> I can see the discussion as being exciting.  I hope that you're able 
> to put together a good presentation, and that management gives it a 
> good look-through.
>
> Jim
>
> On 2/13/07, *Chad Sutton* <chadarius at gmail.com 
> <mailto:chadarius at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     What corporation? Mine! I won't give out any details about what
>     corporation I work for because that would not be a good thing.
>     Today in
>     a large technology group meeting, management mentioned using Linux on
>     the desktop to reduce costs.
>
>     I jumped all over it and the open source board that I'm a member of is
>     working on a preliminary presentation. I think our biggest hurdle, as
>     with most large companies, is our reliance on Internet Explorer as a
>     browser standard internally. Robust inventory, security, and software
>     management will also be interesting but very possible.
>
>     Anyways, I'd be interested in anyone's opinions on benefits and risks.
>     Also is anyone aware of organizations that provide corporate
>     support for
>     Ubuntu? It has to be some pretty hefty stuff.
>
>     Exciting times! If everything goes well we could easily have 10-15k
>     workstations on Linux in the next year or so!
>
>
>     --
>     Later,
>     Chad Sutton
>     csutton at chadarius.com <mailto:csutton at chadarius.com>
>     http://chadarius.com
>     http://stephandchadsutton.com <http://stephandchadsutton.com>
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> jwcampbell at gmail.com <mailto:jwcampbell at gmail.com> 
Thanks! I saw that article too. I hadn't heard of SpikeSource either, 
but I'm already looking into it.

-- 
Later,
Chad Sutton
csutton at chadarius.com
http://chadarius.com
http://stephandchadsutton.com

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