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A CIO's View of SUSE's Enterprise Viability

Posted by Zonk on from the can-stay-out-of-the-fridge-for-quite-a-while dept.

onehitwonder writes "As part of an ongoing quest to find a viable alternative to the Microsoft desktop in the enterprise, well-known healthcare CIO John Halamka spent a month using Novell SUSE 10 as his sole operating system. His conclusion? It's good enough for the enterprise. In Windows vs. Linux vs. OS X: CIO John Halamka Tests SUSE, he explains how SUSE stacks up against RHEL, Fedora, XP and OS X (in a life-critical business environment), and which issues should influence an enterprise-class organization to adopt it."

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  1. Re:Now That's a Good Viewpoint by Ant+P. · · Score: 2, Funny

    One of the things that might've put him off Windows is the EULA clause near the bottom stating "NOT SUITABLE FOR CRITICAL SYSTEMS INCLUDING NUCLEAR REACTORS, LIFE SUPPORT" etc.

  2. In Other News... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    When it comes to sex, nerds everywhere claim that an inflatable doll is "good enough".