Munich Struggling with Linux Transition?

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday February 28, 2004 @05:08AM from the total-cost-of-ownership dept.

rune2 writes "The Toronto Star has an article up that mentions that Steve Ballmer is gloating about how the Munich transition to Linux and Open Source software isn't going too well." Even if the transition is going poorly, what about when Munich is finally set? Funny how there's no mention of all the future costs of licenses they've already saved themselves from, yet there's a nice plug for the next version of Windows. Last time I checked, Windows' upgrades from one version to the next were not free by any definition.

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Re:So let's try to fix it by MouseR · 2004-02-28 05:30 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Every-time someone mentions the poor usability of Linux, they get maimed.

Witness moderation to this post.

Linux sucks as far as end user are concerned. The UI is clumsy at best in most cases, or tries so much to be like Windows that it fails to be better.

Installation and administration is pissy.

Dont get me wrong. It's a good OS. But you can't force it down userland without them bitching about it. At least for now.