Star Linux on desktop will be 'cheaper and more secure', claim vendors
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 1st Oct 2004 00:16 UTC
Linux A senior IT executive at a major pharmaceutical company summed up the challenge for Linux at the ZDNet UK IT Priorities conference when he asked one simple question: what are the benefits in migrating from Microsoft to Linux at the desktop?
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by Michael Salivar on Fri 1st Oct 2004 02:41 UTC

I just don't understand why people are so obsessed with one OS ruling the world. Haven't we seen what monopolies does to the industry, and consumers allready? No matter if it's opensource or not, choice is good IMO. And I'm not talking about different linux distros.

User: Hey, where are all the applications?!?
IT: Look up, now to your left, you see that applications menu?
User: Well who's stupid idea was that, they belong under start!

I blame it on the schools, we rely on the familiar because we've forgotten how to think. Actually, if anything is to blame, it's probably time.

I'm hoping for a world where windows, osx, linux, skyos, haiku, syllable etc. all have decent third party support. Where a company decides to support a platform, not because it's the most popular one, but because it's the best one.

Unfortunately the large businesses, which appear to be on the front line right now, are driven by the same thing as Microsoft: greed. It's all about money, and until it's proven without a doubt that Linux is cheaper (and perhaps it really isn't always cheaper, at the moment), then they won't switch.

Well, one can dream right.

It's hard to trust someone who doesn't.