Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 1st Oct 2004 00:16 UTC
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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"Not if both systems meet the requirements. Even if you include the extra staff education, going with linux will most likely be the best and cheapest solution.
For the typical office, schools etc. linux will do just fine. Not all companies run certain enterprise apps. Actually, the percentage is probably pretty low."
I can tell in a heartbeat you have never done this on a large scale. Systems are what systems are. You don't get to make choices here. You live with what you have, and you don't proceed to dick with it; because you CAN.
You can't just "do it" in corps that have been using Windows for a decade. Too many choices have already been made, software written, and an entire method of doing business being conducted.
Hell I suppose you could... Ya might as well file for bankrupcy at the sametime.