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  1. a link: win2k and linux for office environments by kipple · · Score: 3, Informative · on Migrating Your Office from Windows to Linux?
    you can check here an interesting review between Microsoft and generic Open Source software in a business environment.
    Here is a quote:

    This review focused on Red Hat Linux 7.1 from a business user's view and attempted to answer my client's question "Can Linux be used as a replacement for Windows 2000". After an intensive hands-on Linux project lasting several months, I was able to provide my client with a pertinent answer to this question.

    Based on a solid Linux business plan, my client decided that Linux was a good investment for most of the company's employees, but will retain a few key Windows computers in the office for specific applications. Connecting Linux and Windows computers on the same network, and sharing Office 97/2000 files between the different OSs, is easy and works well, thanks to Red Hat Linux and Star Office. The primary reason for this decision was a $10,000 saving on his IT budget! For support reasons, he decided to use a local Linux supplier for installation and configuration work. View the Summary and the Details.

    For other business users, here is my advice:

    * For whatever reason, if you want to get started with Linux, or implement an office network of Linux and Windows clients, Red Hat Linux 7.1 is very much the way to go. Red Hat Linux 7.1 can be used as an alternative to Windows 2000! You will be stunned by the bang for the buck that Linux bundled free "open source" software offers. Red Hat Linux is a complete server (LAN, Web, SQL) and offers excellent desktop applications for corporate users. Each business user will need to look at the benefits of using Linux (no software licensing fees, fewer hardware upgrades, many good applications) and the costs (installation, configuration, upgrades, training, support). If the benefits outweigh the costs, then you have an affordable viable desktop alternative to Windows.

    *Red Hat Linux 7.1 is a great package: it provides a smooth installation, has many good applications and is an especially attractive option for small to medium-size offices. However, many business users will want to purchase a computer with Linux pre-installed, or at least use a Linux support professional for post-installation configurations, maintenance and upgrades, just as you currently do for Windows.

    Still, in my opinion, the great majority of end-users is still too dumb and this will cause you greater troubles, at least with all the time you will waste trying to explain'em that No, You Can'T Have A Dancing Lady On Your Desktop, And Even If You Were In A Windows Environment You Just Cannot Install It And Later Complain Because You Got a Virus!

    However, have fun.
  2. Re:IE6 the standard by which all browsers are judg by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Linux Web Browsers Reviewed

    "A fucking disaster".

    Absolutely. Look at this picture of the configuration screen for Galeon.

    They use the X symbol to indicate a turned-on checkbox and also for the cancel button. If that's Linux's idea of a good interface then I'm sticking with an OS which makes sense.

  3. Good Article by Whistler's+Mother · · Score: 0 · on Constructing a Windows-Less Office

    Pretty Good Article on How to Replace Windows2000 Pro with a viable alternative

  4. i think this was brought up recently... by Aleph+Yin · · Score: 1 · on Open Source Software in a Windows Environment?

    in an article linking to this