Umm... what? I think you must be thinking of something else.
DSL can at least run in 16MB of RAM, and can run fully in RAM with 128MB RAM. I routinely use it (along with the included version of Firefox) behind my corporate firewall. What configuration of Firefox is it that you think would be affected?
And then there was THAT episode of 'Lone Gunmen'.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Gunmen
Just because Condy Rice said that "No one could have imagined them taking a plane, slamming it into the Pentagon into the World Trade Center, using planes as a missile" does not make it so.
I'm inclined to agree, and there are definitely both technical and social reasons. For what it's worth, I adore Linux (big on Windowmaker, manager-wise), but I've spent enough time dealing with the average user to know that gaining acceptance for Linux on the Desktop is a tall order, unless perhaps you're starting with it from the outset, as a new system. Getting people to migrate once they're locked into the Windows environment and services is not something I'd like to contemplate.
From the technical side of things, I also think that the sheer flexibility that I love about Linux is a major negative factor on the business desktop. Win2K/2K3 Features like Group Policy, Intellimirror, and Shadow Copy are tools that make for a uniform, integrated, locked-down desktop, and here in fascist corporate network land, that matters.
Slashdot Mirror
Doctor Evil did it.
Sting has had his finger in entirely too many pies since The Police broke up...
Umm... what? I think you must be thinking of something else. DSL can at least run in 16MB of RAM, and can run fully in RAM with 128MB RAM. I routinely use it (along with the included version of Firefox) behind my corporate firewall. What configuration of Firefox is it that you think would be affected?
And then there was THAT episode of 'Lone Gunmen'.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Gunmen Just because Condy Rice said that "No one could have imagined them taking a plane, slamming it into the Pentagon into the World Trade Center, using planes as a missile" does not make it so.
Yes. Illegal aliens, who seek to destroy the American way of life. You're either with us or against us in the War on Terra.... ahem. Sorry.
I'm inclined to agree, and there are definitely both technical and social reasons. For what it's worth, I adore Linux (big on Windowmaker, manager-wise), but I've spent enough time dealing with the average user to know that gaining acceptance for Linux on the Desktop is a tall order, unless perhaps you're starting with it from the outset, as a new system. Getting people to migrate once they're locked into the Windows environment and services is not something I'd like to contemplate. From the technical side of things, I also think that the sheer flexibility that I love about Linux is a major negative factor on the business desktop. Win2K/2K3 Features like Group Policy, Intellimirror, and Shadow Copy are tools that make for a uniform, integrated, locked-down desktop, and here in fascist corporate network land, that matters.