until you do realize you can't print to the latest laser printer your boss bought because it's simply not supported by any driver on linux
Run that one by me again. You're saying that after going to the hassle of Linux migration the IT deprtment isn't going to spend the 1 minute required to heck if the new printer they would like to buy is supported?
And then ignoring that issue for a minute - you said "laser printer". I think you're confused. It's the inexpensive home desktop inkjet printers that don'
> spend the 1 minute required to heck if the new printer they would like to buy is supported?
As a sysadmin (who used to use Sun HW) I had to buy a SCSI card, the vendor when asked if the card was compatible with Linux, proposed a 5 times more expensive board which was compatible, to avoid spending more I spend 2 hours checking compatibility with Linux and let's just that website indicating compatibility for Linux suck big times (even distribution's one) and finally made a student check for me if it was compatible or not..
We probably spend more in salary hours to check if the card was compatible than the cost saving, so I find your '1 minute to check' a bit optimistic to say the least!
Linux is fine on the business desktop (Score:-1, Troll)
'business' ? not yet
Re:Linux is fine on the business desktop (Score:4, Informative)
Run that one by me again. You're saying that after going to the hassle of Linux migration the IT deprtment isn't going to spend the 1 minute required to heck if the new printer they would like to buy is supported?
And then ignoring that issue for a minute - you said "laser printer". I think you're confused. It's the inexpensive home desktop inkjet printers that don'
Re:Linux is fine on the business desktop (Score:2)
As a sysadmin (who used to use Sun HW) I had to buy a SCSI card, the vendor when asked if the card was compatible with Linux, proposed a 5 times more expensive board which was compatible, to avoid spending more I spend 2 hours checking compatibility with Linux and let's just that website indicating compatibility for Linux suck big times (even distribution's one) and finally made a student check for me if it was compatible or not..
We probably spend more in salary hours to check if the card was compatible than the cost saving, so I find your '1 minute to check' a bit optimistic to say the least!