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GNU/Linux Clears Gov't Procurement Hurdles
Sam Hiser writes "Tom Adelstein makes some sound if subtle points about where GNU/Linux really is in the government space -- not far enough. With OpenOffice.org and Mozilla (Firefox) now popular harbingers of file format freedom and browser security on Windows, he says, there is hope that public mindshare is catching up with reality; and that the 'Microsoft Two-Step: Shrug & Reboot' will soon be a thing of the past.
Adelstein, in his column today in Linux Journal, discusses the significant advances made by GNU/Linux and its achievement of Common Criteria certification for government and enterprise use in a world where Microsoft still dominates in mindshare and governmental purchase orders."
"There's something funky when a one time boot up OS like Knoppix does a better job than Windows XP."
Complete FUD. I have Knoppix and have tried it on several computers and it almost always does not detect all the hardware accurately. Knoppix is a great distro for certain things but to say it does a better job than Windows XP is an obvious troll. I have XP and I have had no problems with it at all, I barely reboot and have never had a blue screen. Compare this with several of my Linux systems and it easily matches up.
You dont have to get rude. I am sure this person is trying to be as honest as possible. Maybe he is trying to install on a laptop, many laptops are built specifically to run one OS. I have an old ThinkPad 760c that will not run anything other than WindowsME (and it is pretty darn stable, believe it or not).
/. like a worm through outlook.
Calling someone a flat out liar does not help linux at all, ask questions find out the problem. Of course this person could be an astroturfer, not like they arent running rampant on
But I do agree with one thing. I have been using linux since 93, on definately less that optimal hardware and I have not seen a kernel panic since around 95. So there must be an explanation why this person cannot run linux.