Yes, but not everyone has everything they need right there. In my company it is almost impossible since we have windows only software that we can't port, or use wine for (believe me I've tried) This is for the banking industry. So until there is a way to make that work, I've done what most places have done, put linux in the server room.
Yes, but not everyone has everything they need right there. In my company it is almost impossible since we have windows only software that we can't port, or use wine for (believe me I've tried)
This comes up all the time. "We can't switch OSes because we have always used Microsoft based stuff".
Not true. MS didn't exist before 1975. MS didn't have a real product until 1992 or so when Windows 3.11 (aka Windows for workgroups) came out.
If I were a bank, I would demand that my vendor supply me a computer with an OS without known holes in it, but logic does not apply to computer purchases or computing in general.
A more logical transition would be to run Macs with "Remote Desktop" or whatever terminal server thing allows you to run Windows apps on your Mac, and code new apps and port the old ones to a more standard UNIX based environment. But then again, logic does not apply to compting, so go ahead and throw a Linux box on people's desk and explain to them why not being able to do what they have always done before is better now that they can't do it. They will listen, and like it, trust me. I'm always right and I never lie.
Easy to do (Score:1)
months now. Didn't even bother to dual boot. I
have everything I need
Re:Easy to do (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Easy to do (Score:2)
This comes up all the time. "We can't switch OSes because we have always used Microsoft based stuff".
Not true. MS didn't exist before 1975. MS didn't have a real product until 1992 or so when Windows 3.11 (aka Windows for workgroups) came out.
If I were a bank, I would demand that my vendor supply me a computer with an OS without known holes in it, but logic does not apply to computer purchases or computing in general.
A more logical transition would be to run Macs with "Remote Desktop" or whatever terminal server thing allows you to run Windows apps on your Mac, and code new apps and port the old ones to a more standard UNIX based environment. But then again, logic does not apply to compting, so go ahead and throw a Linux box on people's desk and explain to them why not being able to do what they have always done before is better now that they can't do it. They will listen, and like it, trust me. I'm always right and I never lie.