Steve Russell & Xdevelopment

This page will hold information about Steve Russell, Xdevelopment and his talk on the OSS Support model

Profile

Xdevelopment's homepage is http://www.xdevelopment.co.uk Xdevelopment are also responsible for the site Linux on the Desktop

Notes Relating to talk

x-development aim to promote sustainable use of technology. Open Source Software (OSS) has advantages including:

• reduced support burden for desk top and server as mature OSS tends to be more stable / reliable

• freedom of choice

• remote administration

• reduced risk of viruses

• more stable platform (esp for servers)

• flexible support model - organisations can have more choice over what they pay to support.

Support options:

if organisation has internal tech person:

• support company like x-development

• go directly to vendor

• go to open source community (e.g. Linux User Groups, online, mailing lists -- read the FAQ's before posting)

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