Maybe we all need to step back and take a real look at what's going on here. We all know that MicroSoft is feeling the heat from linux, and what are they going to do. Well it appears that they'll just use their old tricks, fud and pressure tactics I'd imagine. Yes, your right, why would Dell want to promote Linux, they would obviously make more money selling MS software. Even if they have to pay per seat, they can charge per seat. Well if you can get Linux for free or at least no more than $80.00 with tech support, how they gonna make some dough off that! The real issue to me would be, if your an IT tech at your company, don't you owe it to your company to at least look at and tell them about Linux? I know that most users, even in larger companies are to say the least ignorant or worse about any OS, but that doesn't mean they can't be trained. With the new MS license cost per seat, figure out the cost for 500 seats! Now I won't say that it won't be painless to change over a complete system, but it is worth looking into seriously. I watch a new installation just the other day, and it wasn't any harder to do than any windows installation. It just seems that people have just gotten so used to having to reboot that they forget what a pain MS programs and OS have become. Come on, how many times have you had to reboot and loose what you were working on. At least in Linux you can usually say yourself, once you know how and not have to go through the reboot process. It just seems that the dollars and "sense" thing would make a big difference for any larger company. Yes we all have lots of money invested in MS compatible programs, but aren't you tired of the constant upgrade reminders, and the uprgade cost of all of your programs? Wouldn't it be nice to have a stable and secure system. I don't think that any real IT professional can say that Microsoft"s OS is secure! Isn't that the number one reason to take a real look at Linux? How can we trust Microsoft, they keep building poor quaility products, telling us in marketing how great they are, charging us to use their product over and over and then putting in their secret back doors! Let's all get real serious here and look at what is really happening here. We know have a real choice between MS, Apple and some proprietary Unix and open source. I say there is nothing wrong with making money that is what all businesses are supposed to do, and I have nothing against programmers making a living, let's just do it right.
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Maybe we all need to step back and take a real look at what's going on here. We all know that MicroSoft is feeling the heat from linux, and what are they going to do. Well it appears that they'll just use their old tricks, fud and pressure tactics I'd imagine. Yes, your right, why would Dell want to promote Linux, they would obviously make more money selling MS software. Even if they have to pay per seat, they can charge per seat. Well if you can get Linux for free or at least no more than $80.00 with tech support, how they gonna make some dough off that! The real issue to me would be, if your an IT tech at your company, don't you owe it to your company to at least look at and tell them about Linux? I know that most users, even in larger companies are to say the least ignorant or worse about any OS, but that doesn't mean they can't be trained. With the new MS license cost per seat, figure out the cost for 500 seats! Now I won't say that it won't be painless to change over a complete system, but it is worth looking into seriously. I watch a new installation just the other day, and it wasn't any harder to do than any windows installation. It just seems that people have just gotten so used to having to reboot that they forget what a pain MS programs and OS have become. Come on, how many times have you had to reboot and loose what you were working on. At least in Linux you can usually say yourself, once you know how and not have to go through the reboot process. It just seems that the dollars and "sense" thing would make a big difference for any larger company. Yes we all have lots of money invested in MS compatible programs, but aren't you tired of the constant upgrade reminders, and the uprgade cost of all of your programs? Wouldn't it be nice to have a stable and secure system. I don't think that any real IT professional can say that Microsoft"s OS is secure! Isn't that the number one reason to take a real look at Linux? How can we trust Microsoft, they keep building poor quaility products, telling us in marketing how great they are, charging us to use their product over and over and then putting in their secret back doors! Let's all get real serious here and look at what is really happening here. We know have a real choice between MS, Apple and some proprietary Unix and open source. I say there is nothing wrong with making money that is what all businesses are supposed to do, and I have nothing against programmers making a living, let's just do it right.