‘Sandal and ponytail set’ cramping Linux adoption?
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I am the first to agree that a business-like appearance is important with any sort of business. But to take that belief as far as the article below is a real stretch. In reality, it comes down to a lack of cooperation between other companies, poor business plans and lack of understanding on how to get hardware manufactures to start supporting the OS.
The lax dress code of the open-source community is one of the reasons behind the software’s slow uptake in commercial environments, says former Massachusetts Chief Information Officer Peter Quinn.
Quinn, who played a key role in the Bay State government’s decision to mandate the use of OpenDocument-based products, said appearance matters when trying to convince decision makers of the merits of open-source software.
He pointed to the “sandal and ponytail set” as detracting from the business-ready appearance of open-source technology and blamed developers for sluggish adoption of Linux among businesses and governments. Source: News.com
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BillinDetroit
September 1st, 2007
at 4:37pm
I’m thinking that you will not often find the level of innovation that takes the world by storm wearing a 3-piece button-down suit.
And I’m thinking that it wouldn’t hurt the ponytail set to slip on a jacket & tie for a couple hours, either. Curb the arrogance, but don’t run to the barber shop.
Big money gets that way by taking chances … but it stays that way by playing ’sure-bets’. The more Linux looks like a sure bet (right down to the diamond cuff links), the more likely big money is going to want to play. But big money also needs to wake up to the fact that Linux works precisely BECAUSE its developers don’t see the world the way their predecessors did. As Dell, IBM and HP have noticed, though, there IS a way to make money … lots of it … with Linux that has nothing to do with being the last one out of the starting gate.