Dell's equity investment in Redhat is being trumpetted by a success for Linux, but it really hasn't accomplished anything.
Microsoft is still untouchable.
Try this: go to Dell's website. Configure yourself a Linux workstation. Now confingure an NT workstation with the exact same hardware, software and support.
You'll quickly see that Microsoft still rules the day. These computers don't have Linux instead of NT, they have Linux in addition to an NT liscence that you pay for, but never get.
I hope I'm wrong on this, I didn't check every combination, but it is a worrying revelation. In time, maybe Microsoft won't be able to do this, but that time is still years away, if ever.
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Dell's equity investment in Redhat is being trumpetted by a success for Linux, but it really hasn't accomplished anything.
Microsoft is still untouchable.
Try this: go to Dell's website. Configure yourself a Linux workstation. Now confingure an NT workstation with the exact same hardware, software and support.
You'll quickly see that Microsoft still rules the day. These computers don't have Linux instead of NT, they have Linux in addition to an NT liscence that you pay for, but never get.
I hope I'm wrong on this, I didn't check every combination, but it is a worrying revelation. In time, maybe Microsoft won't be able to do this, but that time is still years away, if ever.