Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 12th Sep 2005 14:08 UTC
The high costs of migrating from Windows XP to Windows Vista will be the catalyst that encourages more companies to seriously consider moving to desktop Linux, according to open source and networking company Novell on Monday.
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Who cares about what some (usually partial) company says about their competitors products?
It's always these headlines: "Windows the most secure operating system, Microsoft claims", "iTunes will have 100% marketshare in two months, according to Apple", "Linus Torvalds is Superman, says 14 year old Gentoo user". They can usually at best be considered personal opinion at best, and flamebaits at worst.
And no, I'm not against OpenSource, in fact Im totally for it (typing this in Firefox on Ubuntu) but Novell saying something doesn't mean crap to me. I didn't ditch Windows just do be a sheep in a new flock; I did it because I did not like MS' business strategies, nor the limitations they put onto me as a user.
Regarding Linux use in the enterprise: why not? Most people don't use all those super-advanced extra features in Office that I keep hearing about, so OpenOffice would probably be just fine. The two points where Linux isn't on par with Windows is IMO hardware support and commercial software. The hardware would be chosen and configured by the IT-department, and regarding commercial software: Well, there's always Crossover Office (even Disney uses that) or the possibillity to let some computers remain Windows.