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Linux And the Enterprise Environment
aword writes "Computerworld cites that private financial services sector have moved to Linux more than any other sector. This too is mostly on the server side only. Enterprisewide linux deployments for desktop users have been few and far between. From the article." From the article: "On the server side, perhaps no single industry has tested Linux's enterprise mettle more than the financial services sector. Companies were facing mounting pressure to cut costs at the turn of the millennium. The Internet bubble was about to burst. Prices were fluctuating wildly. Order volume and data traffic were spiking in the wake of the electronic trading boom. Revenue was not."
linux is gay, like a fag
Put this story in the "For Whores and Trolls" section, because that's what we're gonna get posted on this story.
I tried switching the family over to Linux machines over the summer
vacation and the objections from the other family members was more
than enough to send all 7 machines right back to Windows ME, Windows
2000 and Windows XP.
So why all the troubles?
Afterall Linux users in Slashdot love to tell stories of how Linux is so
much better than Windows and they would never go back and so forth.
My conclusion after seeing real people in a real average Jane setting
revolt against Linux is that the Linux advocates are just plain lying
because Linux is really a step backwards for people used to using
Windows.
To make this short and simple, virtually NOTHING worked properly under
Linux.
Video cards could not get maximum resolution.
Capture programs, for my ATI All In WOnder and Video camera did not
work. In fact my ATI cards advanced features (remote control amongst
other things) didn't work at all.
My printer (Brother all in one fax/copier/printer) did not work.
My DSL connection did not work and when I called support they said
that Linux was not supported.
My mp3 and mpeg video and music files played but they skipped
horribly.
I couldn't log into my router via konqueror to change/view settings.
MANY, MANY, MANY web pages did not display correctly.
And it goes on and on for pages,but the bottom line is that Linux
lasted about 3 days in my house before I ditched it and went back to
the Windows versions I was using.
Thank goodness for Ghost which mad it easy to do.
Conclusion is that Linux is a birds nest of confusion. Linux seems
like it might be good until you actually try and use it and then it
shows it's ugliness, slowness and instability.
Why on earth ANYONE would use Linux for a home system is a mystery.
Stephanie Klug