CNN on Companies Supporting Linux

richard writes "CNN has an interesting article on companies racing to support Linux. " Talks about HP, IBM, LinuxCare and a few other odds and ends. Slanted somewhat oddly, but it ends on an (again mixed) high note.

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Not really CNN story

[Mike Hicks]

I hate to have to keep pointing this out, but the story isn't actually a CNN story -- it's just reproduced from InfoWorld magazine.. I would much rather see it called an IDG story or an InfoWorld story. CNN may deserve a tiny slice of credit for this story, but that's it..

Re:Not really CNN story

[Arkham]

Most of the stories at CNN are not CNN stories. CNN gets stories from the various newswires (P and others), which are automatically sorted and converted for the web site. All the editor has to do is look at it and post it.

No one here seems to realize this. Probably only 20% or so of the stories are written in-house, and virtually none of the techno articles originate at CNN.

Race to support ?

[Da Unicorn]

Well, I don't recall seeing "race" or any derivatives of it in there.

Nice piece of fluff for Linux.

Typical CNN story, IMHO.

Few hard facts, much hype some conjecture.

I am proud to say that MY company is all Linux/GNU and the only time we use M$ is when some idjit sends over a Word .doc file.

00ps I forgot we use Macs for mail reading and web browsing. ...Yeah, yeah but Macs are nice machines IMHO

Re:Race to support ?

[Giraffit]

staroffice supports .doc and I think there are few other tools as well.

see, you don't have to use m$ at all. go spread the word!

The way forward

[rde]

This piece shows, I think, the way forward for linux; managers using it for small projects, realising that they've got uptime that can be measured in years, and gradually porting more important systems over.
The fascinating bit for me, though, was the managers who didn't want to be identified. Perhaps they were afraid of Microsoft's anti-linux team; I know I'd run a mile if I saw that guy with the spike on his hat heading my way

Re:Linux is not a suitable replacement for NT

[Bum]

You know, I read your reply about 10 times and STILL can't make any sense to what you're trying to say. The only thing I could make from it was "What about exchange.....". If you're talking about MS Exchange, why would anyone running Linux use it? Again, I can't make any sense to what you're trying to say.

Re:CNN on Companies Supporting Linux

[mong]

Ahem, to put it more succinctly - It's an image thing.

Mong.

* Paul Madley ...Student, Artist, Techie - Geek *

CNN on Companies Supporting Linux

[mong]

The article doesn't actually say "companies racing to support Linux" - does it? It does say that people in big (unnamed) companies are willing to trial it on a small "risk-free" project or trial.

If (or more likely when) they realise that Linux is a viable replacement to their current, presumably NT systems, this is when they will "rush to support Linux".

I'm not putting a downer on thing, I think it's more a case of "Companies limber up at starting blocks".

But yeah, the news is good - but I'd like to see names and details of those involved. The following "from what I've heard, I'm willing to try it in a small project," said the manager, who asked that he and his firm not be identified. seems to imply that this (typical) manager envisages a loss of custom if his firm is seen to support something like Linux. Worrying huh?

Mong.

Oh yeah, "First Post - Hurrah", blahblah (idiots).

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