Comment Re:Can they handle the Support? (Score 1) 422
Sorry... I just can't see how Linux can be a viable alternative on the Desktop now.
People say it might not be ready for the "home user" but it's ready for corporate desktop?
I say... what's the difference? If you've ever worked for a corporation (I work for a College) that has a computer on every desk (we have 2000) you'll know that the vast majority of those people know how to do three things marginally well. Open Word, surf with IE, and run Outlook.
Throw them a curve ball like OpenOffice and I'm sorry but it's just not going to work.
What about with the secretaries need to work with a Publisher file? Or modify a PDF document that they got from some other campus? Or do web development. Is there an equivalent to Frontpage (bleck, I know) or Dreamweaver on Linux? No.
Could it make the SysAdmins' life (like mine) easier, ya probably... but since when did that matter to the big whigs?
Even MacOS X has more application parity with Windows than Linux does and when you're talking thousands of people you have to use the system that will work well with the majority of them.
People say it might not be ready for the "home user" but it's ready for corporate desktop?
I say... what's the difference? If you've ever worked for a corporation (I work for a College) that has a computer on every desk (we have 2000) you'll know that the vast majority of those people know how to do three things marginally well. Open Word, surf with IE, and run Outlook.
Throw them a curve ball like OpenOffice and I'm sorry but it's just not going to work.
What about with the secretaries need to work with a Publisher file? Or modify a PDF document that they got from some other campus? Or do web development. Is there an equivalent to Frontpage (bleck, I know) or Dreamweaver on Linux? No.
Could it make the SysAdmins' life (like mine) easier, ya probably... but since when did that matter to the big whigs?
Even MacOS X has more application parity with Windows than Linux does and when you're talking thousands of people you have to use the system that will work well with the majority of them.
