David Haas is a DBA/Developer for Powder Software. When he's not skiing in the Canadian Rockies or hang gliding in beautiful British Columbia, he's an award-winning Oracle instructor teaching classes across Canada and the United States. David believes that software developers tend to focus too much on technical issues and not enough on solving real business problems. End-user satisfaction is more important than anything, because at the end of the day it's the happy users that pay for the beer.
In the IT world today, there are many reasons why Linux and other Open Source
solutions can replace closed source products from Microsoft and other
vendors. When it comes right down to it though, the software that's chosen in
business is the software that provides the most value to the business.
Value comes in many forms, not all is summed up in dollars and cents. Whether
it be lower license costs, access to the source code, or getting an offering
that doesn't exist on another platform, businesses pick the software that
meets their needs the best.
On the server side, Linux's compelling business case rests on its ability to
run on inexpensive hardware, its general stability and robustness, its low
license fees, the large and growing number of applications that run on it,
and the large number of vendors providing cost-effective support.
On the client side, however, Lin... (more)
David Haas is a DBA/Developer for Powder Software. When he's not skiing in the Canadian Rockies or hang gliding in beautiful British Columbia, he's an award-winning Oracle instructor teaching classes across Canada and the United States. David believes that software developers tend to focus too much on technical issues and not enough on solving real business problems. End-user satisfaction is more important than anything, because at the end of the day it's the happy users that pay for the beer.
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