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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Its going to take more than this article to convince me to switch to using linux on my desktop. Especially in a business setting. I won't switch just because its the cool thing to do nowadays.
"security costs can add between 10 and 20 percent"
Doesn't mean it has to.
"Chris Schlaeger, the vice president of research and development at Novell, agreed that cost was a big benefit."
Hrmm... what would you expect a competitor to say?
""The open-source methodology produces better code as more are people looking at the code," said Jollans."
Wrong again. I don't know anyone who just sifts through the code. Its only the developers of said programs doing the looking, not the end users of linux.
""Our customers don't want employees to play Solitaire all day. Novell has invested heavily in kiosk technology where the desktop functionality is cut down, so that it only includes applications which companies want their employees to use," said Schlaeger."
Then don't install it. Use local and group policies to restrict access. Sheesh.
I've already pointed out 4 things wrong with the article and their flawed arguements. No point in adding more.