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Weblog:   The end of imitation
Subject:   The Italian enterpreneurs point of view of Linux & Open Source in general
Date:   2004-06-17 14:20:16
From:   maxpaz
I'm since 97 a Linux and BSD entusiasth, I'm writeing from Italy (sorry for my bad english), and here unfortunately is very difficult to widely deploy Linux or Open Source software in an enterprise enviroment.
The main reason is that the average of the italian firms are able to pay only for software able to manage in serious way MONEY TAX and LAW requirements.
Is very sad to say so, but is my esperience as an italian IT developer.Most of the italian firm make serious investment in software only if the law and the governement push them to do so.
As an example in this day all the firms have (absolutely) to comply a PRIVACY data mangement requirement (they dont feel the need but they are obliged by a law).So all the CEO are now looking for software to manage in automatic this issue...unfortunately no linux software is available. SO my feeling is.... ok Linux ..very nice tecnology...The desktop wonderful..but why there are not yet wide deployed ERP application running on it.