blogs.techrepublic.com.com — I have an announcement. The error of Microsoft’s ways is finally catching up and will cause the once-invincible juggernaut to kneel before that which is Linux. How is this? Microsoft started a tiny snowball when it released Windows Me. That snowball did nothing but gain momentum....
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berkanaFeb 15, 2009
Those 10 reasons are reasons why Linux is superior, but those reasons are not reasons for triumph. Triumph involves getting people to use your product, and Microsoft has a huge advantage, even if their product sucks. The best man does not always win.
damackFeb 15, 2009
In overall user number with countries like China, India and the African and South American continents in contention the amount of Linux users is probably already higher than Windows.There are some places that will never use an American OS. Imagine the Chinese government endoring Windows use knowing Microsoft would go out of their way to leave doors open for the US government.
willfeFeb 15, 2009
Pretty good news then, with OEMs shipping Linux on more computers now. Hand someone that calls their monitor the "hard drive" an HP Mini netbook with Ubuntu on it, complete with that custom interface they built for it. They'll love it. Does everything they need (surf, communicate, read/write documents (including compatibility with Office), play movies & music, handle photos & cameras, etc.), doesn't crash, doesn't get in the way.
willfeFeb 15, 2009
Perhaps you're not looking in the correct environments."They just don't have anything that compares to Active Directory and group policies."Wrong on two levels. 1) Via Samba (with a bit of OpenLDAP mixed in), you *do* have a functional equivalent to Active Directory and group policies. 2) You find yourself not really *needing* such hacks as "active directory" and "group policies" on properly deployed, secured, and managed Linux systems. Users can do far less damage from their own accounts in Unix land without deliberately being granted access to become root (and deliberately using that access). Deploy boxes that don't grant sudo privileges to normal user accounts, and ding, you've just stopped root-level compromises arising from user activity cold in its tracks.
razor512Feb 16, 2009
I tried both thats why i complained, not all apps are available, most user created content is not available. thins like gpu accelerated hash generators, network scanners and many other tools designed for a specific thing wont be listed in the package manager and theres never a .deb available either and yes it does make it worst, if you are moving from a 1 click install in windows to a 15 step install in linux then it is worst.
berkanaFeb 16, 2009
As much as I would like to see Linux succeed, if you look at the situation soberly, I think you'll agree that unless the following happens, Linux will not truly triumph over windows:* MS Office is the de-facto office suite most employers require proficiency in. Unless a truly competitive equivalent arises, or unless MS ports Office to at least the top three Linux distributions, Linux will have a hard time competing.* The Adobe creative suite must be ported, or an open source equivalent that is actually matched to the creative suite must arrise. GIMP and Inkscape are no where near as capable as Photoshop and Illustrator.* Unless Linux gaming really takes off, Linux will have a hard time triumphing over windows.* It is not easy to manage iPods with anything but iTunes; unless iTunes is ported, I don't think the mass market will go out of their way to figure out a third party tool to work with the iPod. This is not insignificant; the iPod is the dominant music playing hardware platform.* Many other important pieces of software are not currently available for Linux, and the OSS equivalents are not viable alternatives. Example: Turbo Tax, Quicken, Filemaker Pro, SolidWorks, etc.