On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 22:44, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > Mensaje citado por Sam Hiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 21:38 +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > > > Le lundi 04 avril 2005 � 18:09 +0300, Alexandro Colorado a écrit : > > > > This is funny, since when the enterprise and the general consumer had a > > division > > > > when it comes to windows? So why would it even matter in Linux? > > > > > > NT4/98 ? > > > > > > > There is a difference: the environments sponsor quite different > > requirements. > > -Sam > > > > Sorry, but which enviroments are you talking about? You mean third parties? I > don't remember the last third party that specified that has to be Windows > Professional, usually they just say XP, the reason is because the KernelNT is > the same.
The main reason we have to specify XP pro for schools is for the networking which is crippled in Home - assuming I suppose that home machines don't need all the facilities. It really wouldn't cost MS anything in manufacturing or distribution costs to just give everyone XP Pro. It would cost them in revenue because it would prevent them selling to Pro environments at a premium. Commercial Linux distros might want to use similar strategies to optimise their revenue. > Regardless of that, third parties doesn't really matter, since the same > happens > with Linux. Yea most people will say it only runs with Red Hat enterprise, but > we know that the reality is that it can run on any Linux. > > So if the profile goes at how many support deals we got from third parties, > then > it really doesn't matter on what you actually get for your money but what the > company gets with your money. > > This is what beats the Linux is free as beer concept because the support is > embedded with the OS, but it doesn't really validate the technology.Since > Windows doesn't have anything anyway when you buy it. Linux has enterprise > ready Apache MySQL PHP SendMail FTP-server and hundred of software it doesnt > matter if its Mandrake Move or Red Hat enterprise. Not to the initiated, but a smart marketing person can convince uninitiated people that there is some value added worth paying extra for just by changing the name. IT is a con! It always has been and always will be. People will pay for confidence not necessarily rationality. If it was entirely based on rationality Windows would be a lot less dominant than it is. -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMS Ltd --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
