[aklug] Re: windoze 7 sucks

On Oct 19, 2010, at 11:12 AM, Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> wrote:

> * Damien Hull <damien@linuxninjas.tv> [101019 10:53]:
>> Linux needs to become a business solution before companies like Dell
>> push Linux. Windows is the compleat solution from server to desktop.
>> It includes user and data management tools that are easy to use.
>>
>> Yes, you can do this in Linux but it's not easy. I'm still waiting for
>> someone to show me an example. I wanna see a company running Linux
>> servers and workstations in an enterprise environment.
>>
>> This is one area where the open source community is slacking. Just my 2 cents.
>
> Yeah. We are still reluctant to recommend linux as an office
> platform, although we have had contacts from organizations who
> wish to set up a subdivision of the business with linux boxes and
> servers as a test case.
>
> However, on the desktop side, my wife, my sister-in-law and two of
> my sons (none of which are geeks) have come to prefer ubuntu over
> windows.
>
> And at Procomm Alaska, whenever someone can't open a docx
> formatted document, they redirect it to a linux box with OO,
> open the doc, save it in an earlier Word format and they are good
> to go...
>
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> Tim
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Nice... Yes, Linux works well as a workstation for home or single user
environments. Again, it's the business environment that I haven't
figured out yet.
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Received on Tue Oct 19 11:16:26 2010