John, Well, John, guess what - Mac uses a derivative of Linux - I believe based off of the Unix BSD. Duaine On 07/05/2011 01:22 PM, John Ross wrote: > Duaine, > You had my interest with some of the stuff you were saying, but you just couldn't stay away from your Windows bashing. > When you first mentioned Linux, I tried it, but it, unlike Windows is not user friendly. > User friendly wins every time, hence the popularity of Windows. > I am a Mac owner, I changed over 3 years ago, but it took me this long to get weaned off Windows, I run it on my Mac > using Parallels. > But haven't even used it in the last two weeks. > John Ross > Windsor, Nova Scotia > On 2011-07-05, at 3:04 PM, Duaine Hechler wrote: > >> Mark, >> >> That is all well and good - BUT - there are less expensive and dare I say even - FREE - alternatives to be considered. >> >> The Open Source movement is very popular and aggressive. >> >> Pardon my French, but you can find damn near any anything from the Open Source movement to fit almost anything for FREE. >> >> You just have to do some research, look for it - AND - get over the fact that it has to run on "Windows". >> >> FREE Case in points: >> Open Office (MS Office alternative), Firefox (Internet Explorer alternative), Thunderbird (MS Outlook alternative), >> VLC (MS Media Player alternative), Quasar (Business Accounting), and many, many more. Also, like eGroupware. >> >> The last time I looked - over 80% of the web servers - world wide - are running Linux. >> >> My take, >> Duaine >> >> On 07/05/2011 10:44 AM, Mark Purney wrote: >>> Ryan, >>> >>> You're comparing apples to oranges. A piano technician typically has a very simple website, which exists only to >>> provide some basic information and look pretty. It serves the simple needs of one person who makes all the decisions >>> without committees, boards, or councils. Clients are usually kept track of with a simple spreadsheet or database >>> program, and the website and database have no need for online integration. >>> >>> The PTG requires tons more technology to support the needs of the Home Office and all the other groups that must >>> work together within the organization, and the membership tracking has to be extremely sophisticated and flexible. >>> Everything must work together on a server, and there is a huge amount of data that must go back and forth to make it >>> all happen. To a non-programmer, it may all look like simple stuff. But the reality is that even the most >>> basic-looking functions on a website like ptg.org <http://ptg.org> took some programmer many hours to implement. And >>> when all of these simple-looking things must work together reliably, the server-side programming to support it all >>> becomes incredibly complex. It's more than we can expect inexpensive, consumer-grade tools to handle. >>> >>> The growing needs of our organization make it necessary to use much more expensive, sophisticated, yet generic tools >>> that don't necessarily do everything the way we'd like. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> The PTG needs to trac >>> >>> >>> On 7/5/2011 7:40 AM, Ryan Sowers wrote: >>>> You will also find piano technicians who manage over 4000 clients without having to invest in software that costs >>>> tens of thousands of dollars. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Duaine Hechler >> Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ >> Tuning, Servicing& Rebuilding >> Reed Organ Society Member >> Florissant, MO 63034 >> (314) 838-5587 >> dahechler at att.net <mailto:dahechler at att.net> >> www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com >> -- >> Home& Business user of Linux - 11 years >> > -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing& Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler at att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home& Business user of Linux - 11 years
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