[Cisl-comunidade] estrategias adocao sw livre no governo Nova Zelandia

[Andre Felipe Machado]

Olá,

"The best way to deal with the conversion is to treat it just like an upgrade. It's not that big a deal. 
People are less scared by it. 
Don't say new system, say IMPROVED system. 
New is scary. 
But improved -- improved is good. 
People think of better features, easier to use, less crashes, etc."

As a result, there is far less emphasis
on WHAT is being installed and more on HOW well it will work to
address the current needs of the user. 

But this often 
occurs with little fan fare.  
Which makes good sense since most people 
are simply interested in the benefits of software.  
How something will 
help their organization.  
What the software is, who brands it, how it is
 marketed is of little concern.  
And what this means to Linux 
implementation is very important to understand.  


"I have heard of many places slowly converting people from proprietary solutions to OSS, by replacing programs one-at-a-time. 
One day IE is replace with Firefox. 
Then MS Office is replaced with Open Office, etc. 
Eventually, replacing the OS is just the next step. 
Nothing scary."

People have the idea that their organization is a Microsoft shop.  
But then -- they find out that many of their servers are running Linux.


Indeed, many I.T. Leaders are
still unaware that key infrastructure components have been humming
along without issue on systems that cost significantly less and
perform well. 
Often, the very reason implementation of such
servers occurs, has to do with the procurement process and the need
to get capital budget approval.

Linux offers a very effective way around this. 
 Instead, many administrators and
technologists, told to solve their organization's needs promptly,
forego the entire money process and install Linux on older servers that may
have been sitting idle in the backrooms. 
They revive and reuse
hardware without procurement headaches, while solving business
infrastucture needs. 
All this using Linux, which tends to also
afford them greater flexibility and options for future uses.
"Businesses use it but often don't know they are.  
They may know they have a Debian or a Red Hat server, but they won't know too much about the open source movement, the ideals of the freedom granted by the GPL or the make up of software on GNU/Linux."


http://reallylinux.com/docs/linuxnewzealand.shtml

É para analisar...
-- 
André Felipe Machado

CEAGO/COTSC/COSTE
As Lou Gerstner, former Chairman 
and CEO of IBM, observed: “I came to see, in my time at IBM that culture
 isn’t just one aspect of the game; it IS the game.”
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