ghah. did it again. On 10/12/07, Bob Hartmann <bob.hartmann at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 10/12/07, Andrew Zbikowski <andyzib at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 10/12/07, Elvedin Trnjanin <trnja001 at umn.edu> wrote: > > > Are you experienced enough with that firewall or any software, that > > > you're confident the implementation of it will go smoothly? Would you > > be > > > able to train others to be competent enough to maintain it? I've found > > > (albeit in my limited experience) that those two things are more > > > important and decisive than any case study you can present. > > > > Without a doubt. Corporate firewalls are very important these days, so > > a commercial firewall isn't necessarily a bad thing. Depending on the > > size of your company and your requirments, there are many commercial > > products that run embedded OSS. Watchguard Firebox products and Astaro > > Security Gateway run their own embedded versions of Linux. (At least > > the Fireboxes used to, I haven't looked at one in a few years so > > things may have changed.) > > > > Anything new in IT generally starts in your server room/data > > center/infrastructure, not on the client side. Where is OSS going to > > fit in in your environment? A internal web server, perhaps running a > > Wiki (Dokuwiki is nice for quick technical documentation) to document > > your IT infrastructure/coding project/etc. is an easy sell. A Nagios, > > Big Brother, or similar network monitoring package is also a good > > project if you don't already have something for that role. Find > > problems/issues that can be solved with OSS, going OSS just for the > > sake of going OSS is going about things in the wrong direction. > > > > If you want an OSS project to be successful, pushing it as free, OSS, > > Linux, etc. ins't the way to go. As with any solution you implement in > > IT, it must be the right tool for the job. Just because it is Open > > Source and Free doesn't make it the right tool for the job, but when > > it is the right tool those factors are great added bonus. > > > > -- > > Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://andy.zibnet.us > > SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue >0; > > 0 rows returned > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > That was awesome, andyzib. Great advice. > Throwing up a Wiki where none exists will be very popular. I did it many > years ago when the average Joe didn't know what a Wiki was. Once you get > 'em hooked, just keep saying "no, it has to be on Linux, man." > Then use that same box to introduce even more sedition. :) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20071012/8c8a05f9/attachment.htm