Ernie Ball rocks on without Microsoft
Ernie Ball was gutted by the BSA a few years ago, and now they're running Linux, OpenOffice, Mozilla and Evolution. Sterling Ball's story, from CNET's interview, is absolutely awesome. Every chicken-shit CIO and IT manager should read this. Perhaps this story should come with a free can of spinach.
"It's just software. You have to figure out what you need to do within your organization and then get the right stuff for that. And we're not a backwards organization. We're progressive; we've won communications and design awards...The fact that I'm not sending my e-mail through Outlook doesn't hinder us. It's just kind of funny. I'm speaking to a standing-room-only audience at a major technology show because I use a different piece of software--that's hysterical."
It sure is! But it's sad that it's hysterical.
Written on August 22, 2003