Comments on: Starting a new business, 5 reasons to avoid Microsoft now! http://www.ecommerce-blog.org/archives/starting-a-new-business-5-reasons-to-avoid-microsoft-now/ Ecommerce, Online Marketing, SEO, Web Design and Programming Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:17:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chelsea Rae http://www.ecommerce-blog.org/archives/starting-a-new-business-5-reasons-to-avoid-microsoft-now/comment-page-1/#comment-28288 Chelsea Rae Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:51:07 +0000 http://www.ecommerce-blog.org/archives/starting-a-new-business-5-reasons-to-avoid-microsoft-now/#comment-28288 Now this is where contracting a remote assistant can be beneficial to your business. Why purchase all the license for your workers when you can contract a work at home mom or freelance professional to fill the spot? Now this is where contracting a remote assistant can be beneficial to your business. Why purchase all the license for your workers when you can contract a work at home mom or freelance professional to fill the spot?

]]> By: London SEO http://www.ecommerce-blog.org/archives/starting-a-new-business-5-reasons-to-avoid-microsoft-now/comment-page-1/#comment-23464 London SEO Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:01:56 +0000 http://www.ecommerce-blog.org/archives/starting-a-new-business-5-reasons-to-avoid-microsoft-now/#comment-23464 I think I just need You a powerful enough hardware base to be able to run both host and guest OS’es am i right? I think I just need You a powerful enough hardware base to be able to run both host and guest OS’es am i right?

]]> By: Having a SUNny day without Microsoft « The Ecommerce Blog http://www.ecommerce-blog.org/archives/starting-a-new-business-5-reasons-to-avoid-microsoft-now/comment-page-1/#comment-22567 Having a SUNny day without Microsoft « The Ecommerce Blog Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:42:43 +0000 http://www.ecommerce-blog.org/archives/starting-a-new-business-5-reasons-to-avoid-microsoft-now/#comment-22567 [...] Microsoft products and the cost that comes with them, you’re not alone. I still stand by my recommendation of avoiding Microsoft products before you become their slave, but I must admit, there’s still a number of them that I [...] [...] Microsoft products and the cost that comes with them, you’re not alone. I still stand by my recommendation of avoiding Microsoft products before you become their slave, but I must admit, there’s still a number of them that I [...]

]]> By: Trond http://www.ecommerce-blog.org/archives/starting-a-new-business-5-reasons-to-avoid-microsoft-now/comment-page-1/#comment-22019 Trond Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:29:20 +0000 http://www.ecommerce-blog.org/archives/starting-a-new-business-5-reasons-to-avoid-microsoft-now/#comment-22019 Business-critical accountancy and payroll software – um … err …. wait a minute …. This is where you would have to use an online program. ---- Would you really trust an online service for such business critical data? I wouldn't. Business-critical accountancy and payroll software – um … err …. wait a minute ….

This is where you would have to use an online program.

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Would you really trust an online service for such business critical data? I wouldn’t.

]]> By: Nick http://www.ecommerce-blog.org/archives/starting-a-new-business-5-reasons-to-avoid-microsoft-now/comment-page-1/#comment-22015 Nick Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:15:29 +0000 http://www.ecommerce-blog.org/archives/starting-a-new-business-5-reasons-to-avoid-microsoft-now/#comment-22015 If you are a business owner and are serious about getting away from Microsoft, there are well founded,experienced Linux vendors who can meet ALL of your needs, from the server and database side, to the desktop-office productivity side. Redhat is a great option, they are now in the S&P 500. Novell offers great packages. That is why Microsoft recently bought thousands of Novell enterprise license packages. Canonical/Ubuntu is a great up and coming option, especially on the server side of things. Novell charges $50 a desktop license with superb support. Microsoft charges $500, and well....we all know how lackluster their support is. Linux is an excellent computing platform that has massive potential. If there is something that is lacking for your needs, companies such as Novell and Redhat will develop software and features to meet your needs, at a fraction of the cost of Microsoft. I am not sure who said that Linux lacked a viable accounting software, but there are many of them in existence. By the way, Microsoft is discontinuing production and support of Microsoft Money. Since the source code is closed, if you deploy that software currently, you are screwed. Get your facts straight, and do some research before you spread false information about Linux. If you are a business owner and are serious about getting away from Microsoft, there are well founded,experienced Linux vendors who can meet ALL of your needs, from the server and database side, to the desktop-office productivity side. Redhat is a great option, they are now in the S&P 500. Novell offers great packages. That is why Microsoft recently bought thousands of Novell enterprise license packages. Canonical/Ubuntu is a great up and coming option, especially on the server side of things. Novell charges $50 a desktop license with superb support. Microsoft charges $500, and well….we all know how lackluster their support is. Linux is an excellent computing platform that has massive potential. If there is something that is lacking for your needs, companies such as Novell and Redhat will develop software and features to meet your needs, at a fraction of the cost of Microsoft.

I am not sure who said that Linux lacked a viable accounting software, but there are many of them in existence. By the way, Microsoft is discontinuing production and support of Microsoft Money. Since the source code is closed, if you deploy that software currently, you are screwed.

Get your facts straight, and do some research before you spread false information about Linux.

]]> By: A silent partner http://www.ecommerce-blog.org/archives/starting-a-new-business-5-reasons-to-avoid-microsoft-now/comment-page-1/#comment-22013 A silent partner Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:19:10 +0000 http://www.ecommerce-blog.org/archives/starting-a-new-business-5-reasons-to-avoid-microsoft-now/#comment-22013 It is nice to see journalists who have the guts to tell the true and will not put up with msfud. We dropped Microsoft several years ago and have not looked back. Ltsp (linux terminal server project) has been a real money saver for us to leverage legacy equipment. I can run linux on it seems anything from mac ppc boxes to Arm based equipment in addition to many Intel based boxes. I pick up old pc's for free, so we are getting replacements parts for free. No new brand new machine for years now. Could not do that with MS. Another thing I like about linux I do not have to spend a thousand dollars just for software to set up a server. Long live freedom software. It is nice to see journalists who have the guts to tell the true and will not put up with msfud. We dropped Microsoft several years ago and have not looked back. Ltsp (linux terminal server project) has been a real money saver for us to leverage legacy equipment. I can run linux on it seems anything from mac ppc boxes to Arm based equipment in addition to many Intel based boxes. I pick up old pc’s for free, so we are getting replacements parts for free. No new brand new machine for years now. Could not do that with MS. Another thing I like about linux I do not have to spend a thousand dollars just for software to set up a server. Long live freedom software.

]]> By: David http://www.ecommerce-blog.org/archives/starting-a-new-business-5-reasons-to-avoid-microsoft-now/comment-page-1/#comment-21713 David Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:15:07 +0000 http://www.ecommerce-blog.org/archives/starting-a-new-business-5-reasons-to-avoid-microsoft-now/#comment-21713 I recently switched from Windows to Ubuntu - the switch was prompted by a nasty virus and I had to rebuild. I am dealing with some limitations, however because I used a lot of MS software (such as Visual Web Developer) that I can't run with Wine and I can't find it's equal in the world of Linux... yet. I have to agree that for a small to mid-size business - or even a big business for that matter, Ubuntu offers the needed solutions for office computing without having to pay the huge price. On the internet end, MS is absolutely losing its grip. The vast majority of hosting servers out there are running Linux and the ones that do support MS are generally more expensive to have as a host. So, even though I've done web development (and app development) with MS tools, I'm thinking, time to start learning PHP and MySQL and such lest I get left in the dust. On the personal computing end I think that the two biggest things that keeps MS in the game for now is 1) Windows comes bundled on new PCs, and 2) More software creators need to begin to make Linux friendly versions of their apps. I think that once that starts to happen (and it will) the migration away from MS will get even bigger. That's how I see it, anyway. I recently switched from Windows to Ubuntu – the switch was prompted by a nasty virus and I had to rebuild. I am dealing with some limitations, however because I used a lot of MS software (such as Visual Web Developer) that I can’t run with Wine and I can’t find it’s equal in the world of Linux… yet.

I have to agree that for a small to mid-size business – or even a big business for that matter, Ubuntu offers the needed solutions for office computing without having to pay the huge price. On the internet end, MS is absolutely losing its grip. The vast majority of hosting servers out there are running Linux and the ones that do support MS are generally more expensive to have as a host. So, even though I’ve done web development (and app development) with MS tools, I’m thinking, time to start learning PHP and MySQL and such lest I get left in the dust.

On the personal computing end I think that the two biggest things that keeps MS in the game for now is 1) Windows comes bundled on new PCs, and 2) More software creators need to begin to make Linux friendly versions of their apps. I think that once that starts to happen (and it will) the migration away from MS will get even bigger.

That’s how I see it, anyway.

]]> By: Luca Colli http://www.ecommerce-blog.org/archives/starting-a-new-business-5-reasons-to-avoid-microsoft-now/comment-page-1/#comment-21645 Luca Colli Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:14:04 +0000 http://www.ecommerce-blog.org/archives/starting-a-new-business-5-reasons-to-avoid-microsoft-now/#comment-21645 @Rob Abdul You are right.... But recently i have tray to make a price for a the new our Web application.... is really not easy to make a good price! I think the best way is make the application free for the low usage users.... Microsoft has never do this! Probably this is the first a lot of big mistake..... @Rob Abdul

You are right…. But recently i have tray to make a price for a the new our Web application…. is really not easy to make a good price! I think the best way is make the application free for the low usage users…. Microsoft has never do this! Probably this is the first a lot of big mistake…..

]]> By: Rob Abdul http://www.ecommerce-blog.org/archives/starting-a-new-business-5-reasons-to-avoid-microsoft-now/comment-page-1/#comment-21510 Rob Abdul Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:25:24 +0000 http://www.ecommerce-blog.org/archives/starting-a-new-business-5-reasons-to-avoid-microsoft-now/#comment-21510 It is an understatement to say that Microsoft's licensing system is "ludicrous". I honestly believe that even the boys and girls at Microsoft do not understand their licensing system, except that they are on a win-win situation. It is an understatement to say that Microsoft’s licensing system is “ludicrous”.

I honestly believe that even the boys and girls at Microsoft do not understand their licensing system, except that they are on a win-win situation.

]]> By: Loloy Daemonic http://www.ecommerce-blog.org/archives/starting-a-new-business-5-reasons-to-avoid-microsoft-now/comment-page-1/#comment-21329 Loloy Daemonic Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:46:46 +0000 http://www.ecommerce-blog.org/archives/starting-a-new-business-5-reasons-to-avoid-microsoft-now/#comment-21329 Licensing costs can be a business killer or a very huge business stumbling block. Doing research *over* free software *on* free software *remains* free so you can easily check out and eventually contribute to various free or open source ERP and CRM software already out there. Using great friends Google and Wikipedia are also free for searching those accountancy and payroll software alternatives. It is my guess that the audio/video/image media production stumbling block has already been mitigated and addressed by using free and open source virtualization software like http://www.virtualbox.org/. No offense to Wine users but using a Virtual Box, using Linux as host and Windows as guest, would *virtually* end all your compatibility issues. And there wouldn't be any use for dual-booting your system either. You just need to have a powerful enough hardware base to be able to run both host and guest OS'es and you're good to go. Welcome back, Adobe Photoshop - without the compatibility headaches - *if you find it difficult to migrate to* GIMP. Instead of shelling your money to proprietary vendors, why don't you consider shelling it to paid open-source software support consultants instead? You not only learn how to do it yourself, you also learn how to fix it if it breaks. You can't do much of that with proprietary software solutions. Hello to businesses, hello open source computing and cost-effective solutions. Licensing costs can be a business killer or a very huge business stumbling block. Doing research *over* free software *on* free software *remains* free so you can easily check out and eventually contribute to various free or open source ERP and CRM software already out there. Using great friends Google and Wikipedia are also free for searching those accountancy and payroll software alternatives.

It is my guess that the audio/video/image media production stumbling block has already been mitigated and addressed by using free and open source virtualization software like http://www.virtualbox.org/. No offense to Wine users but using a Virtual Box, using Linux as host and Windows as guest, would *virtually* end all your compatibility issues. And there wouldn’t be any use for dual-booting your system either. You just need to have a powerful enough hardware base to be able to run both host and guest OS’es and you’re good to go. Welcome back, Adobe Photoshop – without the compatibility headaches – *if you find it difficult to migrate to* GIMP.

Instead of shelling your money to proprietary vendors, why don’t you consider shelling it to paid open-source software support consultants instead? You not only learn how to do it yourself, you also learn how to fix it if it breaks. You can’t do much of that with proprietary software solutions.

Hello to businesses, hello open source computing and cost-effective solutions.

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