[Tfug] Open Source solutions

[erich]

I read this link myself,
   I know, it seems to be aimed at retired persons such
as me, (I'm semi-retired), but there is still good advise
here for anyone that's new at the consulting business.

   http://retirementjobs.com/resources/articles/Consulting.html

                                                               Erich

Eric G wrote:

>I know this might not be the place for it (hey it's free unix  
>evangelism, right?) but what the hell.
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>Does anyone who is subscribed to this list feel that the time is right  
>(or is about to be right) to try and get an open source-based network  
>consulting company off the ground?
>
>I think that especially with Vista and Office 2007 people are tired of  
>being forced to upgrade (and pay for!) software that they don't really  
>need. The big argument would be "if XP works, why replace it?" Of  
>course Microsoft's answer to that is "we're pulling the plug on  
>support for XP so you have to upgrade to Vista"
>
>Novell's bet the farm on Linux. I'm inclined to agree with them. ODF  
>is awesome (comlete, non-patent encumbered document format) compared  
>to Microsoft's OOXML (which IS encumbered with Intellectual Property  
>and patents). OpenOffice isn't perfect yet, but there are transition  
>options for people (like, say, in Microsoft Office save your documents  
>as ODF documents, etc). Novell also actually has a Small Business  
>Server equivalent, and all the pieces are in place (for some reason  
>freaking RedHat doesn't...) See
>
>Anyway does anyone else out int Tucons have any thoughts? I'm young  
>and naive and I want to be my own boss. I've also been playing with  
>Linux for round abouts 8 years now. See my resume on  
>http://nixwizard.net for more info if anyone's interested
>
>Eric
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