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Alternative To Windows Desktops

Posted by Hemos on from the what-will-the-world-bring-next dept.

Eric_Z writes "Ace's Hardware has got a article called "The Mad Hatter meets the MSCE" by Paul Murphy, about the TCO benefits of using UNIX(Lintel) instead of Wintel. According to the piece: 'The subject of this article looks at alternatives to the Windows desktop, which is a hot topic these days with IBM/SuSe scoring a highly public win in Munich with desktop Linux, and Sun aiming to build on StarOffice being the leading alternative to Microsoft Office with a software stack code-named Mad Hatter which Sun also plans to use extensively in-house. But companies depending on Microsoft Certified Engineers to adapt to Linux will carry over a number of problems, significantly increasing the chance of project failure. Paul considers the alternatives, the migration problems, and in seeking a more reliable alternative takes the opportunity to look at the business desktop from an entirely different angle, and propose a more radical solution.'"

6 of 405 comments (clear)

  1. fp by linuxrunner · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp muhahahha

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  2. I use ProDOS by Darksun · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...you insensitive clod

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  3. Re:with apologies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Only if your are the goatse guy.

  4. SCO/LUNIX IS ON TEH SPOKE!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Cat got your tongue? (something important seems to be missing from your comment ... like the cock or the balls!)

  5. I'm out of breath by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "The subject of this article looks at alternatives to the Windows desktop, which is a hot topic these days with IBM/SuSe scoring a highly public win in Munich with desktop Linux, and Sun aiming to build on StarOffice being the leading alternative to Microsoft Office with a software stack code-named Mad Hatter which Sun also plans to use extensively in-house.

    I don't like to be picky, but that sentence alone is longer than most of the papers I've written throughout my academic career. But since I'm not picky, I'll let the two spelling errors in the summary slide.

  6. "Unfair" if I see this in metamoderation by Ophidian+P.+Jones · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    hi

    How is that a troll? Is the poster writing inflammatory content in the hopes of getting a response from the unwitting? Don't think so. Offtopic might have been a better choice.