well...as the subject suggested..i was ignoring this thread, but i kinda got bored of NOT writing ....;-)
The ASP model in general was a failure how many more dot-com companies do we need to prove that.
err...what has the dotcom got to do with the ASP model?
also..we're hearing all this talk of Linux vs MS for donkey's (y)ears..are we adding anything new here? I've been working with corporates large and small for some years now, and I've observed that: 1) those who dont have the money, install pirated software -so there goes ur "free os" argument. 2) those who have the money and have critical apps go for Solaris or AIX or HP-UX - and since these OS companies are anyways giving the hardware, the OS goes virtually free with it - so there goes ur money argument again. As for the "you-can-play-with-the-source-code" argument - who the heck wants to play around with the source code when ur running SAP on that box and its being used 24x7 ??
I've seen Linux mainly in development, email and web servers - show me some front-office/back-office banking apps on linux please. You might give n number of reasons for Linux, but please remember that the sys admin and IT Managers have a career and their children to think of - Solaris backed by Sun's service contract and replacement SLA's are essential for them to save their backsides.Who wants to be an adventurist in such a situation? very few...
I might be sounding pessimistic here, but thats not the point. A good product by itself does not make a good investment - there are a lot of intangible factors there!
regds, kishor
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