
Toby Richards wrote an
opinion article for NewsForge, claiming that for him, Linux won't get mainstream until Evolution - or another capable Outlook-like client - gets optimized and offers 100% compatibility with Exchange. In the comments section of Newsforge readers offered more reasons as to why Linux is not mainstream, offering a view on their needs.
My take: While for my personal, home usage of Linux my needs are different, I agree with Toby that companies won't switch their desktops if full Exchange compatibility isn't reached and if Evolution stops being the
memory beast it currently is.
Member since:
2005-07-22
That's because he thinks that people only spend their time writing mails. There are still a *lot* of business applications that run only on Windows. And there are still a *lot* of MSCE that like Windows and only know Windows. Some of them even hate Linux or are afraid of it. So don't fool yourself in these beliefs.