Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 8th Dec 2006 21:24 UTC
OS X is more appealing to enterprises as a desktop operating system than ever before and although it is unlikely to take market share away from Windows, the Mac could reduce the number of Linux-based desktops, according to research group Gartner. In a report published by Gartner this week titled Enterprise Mac Clients Remain Limited, but Apple's Appeal is Growing, analysts Michael Silver, Neil MacDonald, Ray Wagner and Brian Prentice, said that administrators will most likely have to prepare for more Mac systems in their environment even though OS X is "not a suitable enterprise wide platform". Ars weighs in on the issue as well.
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RE: Someone made a valid point
by netpython on Sat 9th Dec 2006 17:56
in reply to "Someone made a valid point"
Member since:2005-07-06
We all say linux is this great system and we want end user acceptance but when someone like Novell makes a move to bring more adoption we tear them down.
Remains to be seen.Perhaps MS has calculated a convenent with Novell would divide the community.Well i still get my ebuilds updated so i guess MS hasn't succeded.Who knows how things are going to be like in one or two years?I guess Novell!=linux_community as MS has thought.
"We have to decide if we want Linux for the community or the end users"
Why should we?
And isn't it one and the same?
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2006-11-08
I am a long time user and contributor I frequently work on a projects called vtiger. someone made a valid point that I am a community user both agree with and support. We all say linux is this great system and we want end user acceptance but when someone like Novell makes a move to bring more adoption we tear them down.
The point made by the guy is that "We have to decide if we want Linux for the community or the end users" Until that OS X is more appealing and has grown to be soemthing I recommend more to my customers on the desktop.