It was nice meeting up with some like-minded individuals tonight, so thanks for that guys. Sorry I had to leave abruptly, I like to sleep once in awhile. I would've liked to hear more of the PSTN and packet/circuit switching conversation; I know very little about the topic. I intend to come out again so I can maybe argue with Neil more (JK), learn a little more and just chat.<br>
<br>Thanks Again!<br>-Dan<br><br>P.S.<br><br>I'm not a Microsoft fanboy:<br><br>dan@dan-laptop:~$ uname -a<br>Linux dan-laptop 2.6.28-15-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 18 19:25:34 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux<br><br>I was just trying to get across why I see companies not making the switch, and I agree with the reasons you brought up Neil, but some of the logic of senior IT staff and/or managers is perfectly logical in my opinion. I'd be interested to see a full analysis and comparison of: A. Staying with Microsoft products or B. Switching to entirely FOSS.<br>
<br>Also the inherent instability and buginess of Ubuntu came up - try Jaunty if you haven't already. I've tried it on several x86 32 and 64 bit systems and it's a lot better than previous versions with the exception of a few minor things like how NetworkManager isn't as robust as it could be. I can't compare it to Debian though because I haven't used any recent releases.<br>