Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 13th Jan 2009 10:27 UTC
Every now and then, some blogger working for a big website will write a story about how company Abc should make radical move Xyz in order to better, eh, well, that's usually left in the dark. These are generally more akin to said bloggers hoping for radical move Xyz rather than there being a well-argumented reasoning. Radical moves in the technology business don't happen very often, but when they do, there's generally a good reason for them.
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"[q]If I don't like Windows, then I don't use it - simple as.
Really is? Than tell it my boss, or our IT department that took years to setup our IT environment as it is now. "
If you're a member of the IT department then you're in a position to change the network - or even un a non-MS OS on your own work desktop.
If you're not a member if the IT department then this whole thread is irrelevent as you'd have no control over the software loaded - be it if Windows was open sourced or not.
Or tell it all people that are using special scientific, business or what ever special needs software that is only available for Windows.
* A lot of software that there's no FOSS alternative runs ok in Wine or ReactOS.
* Games consoles are just as good as PCs for games.
* Graphic designers, laptop DJs, musicians / producers / engineers can all use OS X.
* Professional FX studios for movies usually run their own software in Linux
Granted, if a company forces you into using Windows, then you have little choice. But my point was other OSs are mature enough that, should you have a choice of OS, you could replace Windows with x, y or z.
What you and "Joe the Plumber" like does not matter.
It matters enough for Microsoft to spend $millions on pushing their software onto us minions.
What Siemens, Deutsche Bank, Boeing, and Gazprom like is relevant because they have the cash to pay software developers or SaaS providers to engineer, maintain, AND support software THEY want.
I don't deny that, but then the general public wouldn't be directly using those systems - hense back to my earlier point. [/q]
Not necessarily true. Although I can make those changes as an IT professional it is not a very realistic thing to try and accomplish so long as Windows dominates the market as it does. I would love to switch everyone to Linux for the cost savings alone but we have a lot of programs that run exclusively on Windows and although WINE may be an option for some of those it is not viable for all. Not to mention the training involved. Anyone in the IT industry should know how difficult it is to make a switch like that. And in the end, the company owner would be the one to make that final decision. It's not an easy sell.
So possible: yes. Realistic: not yet.
RE[5]: stupid question.
by ari-free on Wed 14th Jan 2009 08:16
in reply to "RE[4]: stupid question."
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If you're a member of the IT department then you're in a position to change the network - or even un a non-MS OS on your own work desktop.
If you're not a member if the IT department then this whole thread is irrelevent as you'd have no control over the software loaded - be it if Windows was open sourced or not.
* A lot of software that there's no FOSS alternative runs ok in Wine or ReactOS.
* Games consoles are just as good as PCs for games.
* Graphic designers, laptop DJs, musicians / producers / engineers can all use OS X.
* Professional FX studios for movies usually run their own software in Linux
Granted, if a company forces you into using Windows, then you have little choice. But my point was other OSs are mature enough that, should you have a choice of OS, you could replace Windows with x, y or z.
What you and "Joe the Plumber" like does not matter.
It matters enough for Microsoft to spend $millions on pushing their software onto us minions.
What Siemens, Deutsche Bank, Boeing, and Gazprom like is relevant because they have the cash to pay software developers or SaaS providers to engineer, maintain, AND support software THEY want.
I don't deny that, but then the general public wouldn't be directly using those systems - hense back to my earlier point.