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Re: Screenshots?
by Hank Miller on Sunday 05/Nov/2006, @15:56
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Not in all worlds. In the home yes, but in the office (other than the small office) it is IS, in particual the CIO who needs convincing. If they are already running free programs, and they have some linux expertise in house (the latter is easier to get than most people think), switching to linux will happen when someone mentions the word "Budget". Microsoft Windows + office is expensive, when you are talking about thousands of seats. Linux makes more sense in this space.
Don't forget that linux is multi-user from the ground up (Microsoft Windows almost is, but there are missing parts even today). Linux was designed for remote administration, Microsoft Windows wasn't. There are other advantages to linux in a large corporation as well.
Linux doesn't not come with the Microsoft license agreement. This makes things easier legally in some cases. At work I've had to accept several license agreements from Microsoft as part of automatic updates. However I am a contractor, not an employee, and thus not authorised to accept legal agreements. I've always wondered what would happen the above situation when to court for some reason. Not to mention several license agreements might conflict with other laws, but since nothing has been setteled in court, it isn't clear what happens.
When/if any of the above becomes important companies will start moving to linux. KDE is ready, and having versions that run on Microsoft Windows can ease the transisition. |
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