Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 3rd Dec 2008 23:47 UTC, submitted by shaneco
The month of December has already been unkind to Microsoft. The software giant's Windows operating system and its Internet Explorer browser saw significant market share drops reported on back-to-back days. Not only was the November percentage drop for Windows the biggest in two years, but Windows market share dipped below a number where it has historically held tight: 90 percent. According to Web metrics company, Net Applications, Windows market share as of Dec. 1 is 89.6 percent. Meanwhile, Mac OS X posted its largest gain in two years, with 8.9 percent market share at the end of November.
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Sorry, but that attitude looks like laziness mostly.
But let's say that your work place gets news Linux work stations, when having used Windows only previously. Of course the employer should also guarantee their IT staff enough time and education to learn and know the new operating system and everything related to it. That's also how it would naturally go. So, what's the problem then?
But I'd claim that also in general there are all too many lazy system admins (granted, sometimes they may have all too much work and stress too, but then again who wouldn't), not willing to learn new things. I've seen many such people oppose Linux deployment or oppose some other new things only because they wouldn't like to learn new things.
Even with one platform, like MS Windows, it sucks to ask such lazy system admins to get something done over and over for weeks, and when you also sometimes know that you could have done the same thing yourself already days ago (but you can't because it is their job, not yours according to the job rules).
Operating systems are not that different from each other, not any more than, say cars are. A real IT pro should be able to quickly learn and understand the basics of other operating systems too. If he wants to, and is not all too lazy to do so. Heck, a real pro - from his own initiative - is willing to learn about all new things related to his work field, including other operating systems too if he is an IT pro.
Well, of course, it is also ok and fine that some tech experts specialize in some tech brands only and know those brands better than others do (a bit like some doctors specializing in some field of medicine). But if not, then it is very much their job to at least learn and know something about other tech bands too than the brand mostly used at their work place. If they are not willing and capable of learning new things, I'd say they may not be the best persons for their jobs then.
Edited 2008-12-04 12:10 UTC