Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 24th Mar 2006 00:07 UTC
Novell is talking to a number of OEMs about getting its upcoming SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 preinstalled on the hardware systems they ship. But while Ron Hovsepian, Novell's president and chief operating officer, said the company had nothing to announce in this regard at its annual BrainShare conference here, Novell is talking to a number of key vendors like Dell in this regard. "I know there is an opportunity here and we are working on the how and the when," he said in a media and analyst question and answer session. The delay of Vista could not have come at a better time for Novell, in this regard.
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Absolutely correct. And this is most certainly the biggest hurdle Linux faces in moving into the corporate desktop space. Which is why I mentioned Citrix. I'm not familiar with MYOB, but I can assure you that Peachtree's products do in fact work quite well with Citrix. The same is true of most accounting packages, time entry packages, CRM, and ERP packages, etc... It is also the case that once we're talking about more than 50 seats or so, the economic rationale for deploying applications via Citrix becomes pretty damn persuasive (and that is true whether the desktop client is Windows, Linux, or Mac).
If you're going to do that, you might as well stick with the copy of Windows that came with the computers you bought, and run everything natively. The whole idea of getting rid of Windows is just that, getting rid of Windows completely.
Now, if you want a good example of an organisation that could use Linux or an alternative operating system - look no further than the New Zealand defence force, and the fact that Novell could *easily* deliver a competitive replacement for Windows.
Problem? when they tendered out the contract, neither Novell, Red Hat or SUN Microsystems were there; Microsoft was given a free hand at the cash jar because the competition was so enept.
So not only is it the lack of applications that hold it back, but also the lack of a decent sales force who can keep their eye on the ball and have a 'do or die' attitude when it comes to wining over businesses.
That doesn't then go into the fact that Linux does not have an adequate RAD IDE to develop applications quickly for enterprise - drag, drop, assign code, compile, test, deploy; Linux on the other hand is a nightmare considering the amount of crap one has to go through with Glade for instance.