Actually linux did not fail, the failure is the lack of knowledge on the support staff. First off, why move to a linux desktop, until you implemented a linux open source mail server?
Additionally, remember that Microsoft requires a client access license be installed to allow access to all of its services. Thats the catch, there is nothing wrong with Linux, its Microsoft thats causing the issues here. I work for a class 1 railroad, and we are moving everything to linux, and are doing it without issue, but we have 'qualified staff' to perform the work.
As an IT professional, most IT professionals that I work with treat users with respect, generally more respect than the users tend to treat the IT professional.
Most users seem to think that whatever they ask for can be done completed in a manner of minutes, and they want instant gratification, sometimes not realizing that their requests, or they do know and just don't care, that what they are asking for will require the professional to sacrifice their personal time (usually without compensation) to complete the request.
Additionally, all people in general, are a little more rude than they used to be.
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Actually linux did not fail, the failure is the lack of knowledge on the support staff. First off, why move to a linux desktop, until you implemented a linux open source mail server? Additionally, remember that Microsoft requires a client access license be installed to allow access to all of its services. Thats the catch, there is nothing wrong with Linux, its Microsoft thats causing the issues here. I work for a class 1 railroad, and we are moving everything to linux, and are doing it without issue, but we have 'qualified staff' to perform the work.
As an IT professional, most IT professionals that I work with treat users with respect, generally more respect than the users tend to treat the IT professional. Most users seem to think that whatever they ask for can be done completed in a manner of minutes, and they want instant gratification, sometimes not realizing that their requests, or they do know and just don't care, that what they are asking for will require the professional to sacrifice their personal time (usually without compensation) to complete the request. Additionally, all people in general, are a little more rude than they used to be.