"I have to agree with Mark, why not use Linux? Especially, since Mac is just becoming the next MS any way."
If I had to pay for an Operating system, I would rather it be Unix based. Good thing we have Linux. Chris... On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 11:55 AM, John Richmond IV <jo...@randrinc.com> wrote: > I have to agree with Mark, why not use Linux? Especially, since Mac is > just becoming the next MS any way. > > Well first off in this country corporations are married to MS. At the > Google I/O conference it was funny how the attendees from Europe were > amazed at how much companies, schools, etc. use MS. Even when we went > to 1on1 sessions with the developers, I had to always start with the > fact that I run Ubuntu on my PC. Linux also already has the management > systems that windows has and better security. > > As for the "getting use to" it part, at many of my customers I've been > installing the FOSS equivalents of MS packages for years. Everyone has > gotten use to it pretty quickly or never even noticed the switch. Also, > with Ubuntu having a nice GUI to it, the barrier to entry has been > lowered to almost nothing. BTW did anyone else notice how 10.05 has > much more of Mac feel to the navigation? I guess we're trying to > convert some people from the dark side, LOL. > > To conclude, I think Linux has just hit a cultural barrier (too many > people have their MCSE certification) because Ubuntu and Redhat have > taken care of the technical barriers for us. As I like to tell people, > the Linux and FOSS versions of office/productivity/corporate software is > just as frustrating as the pay/proprietary versions, but at least you > didn't have to pay to be frustrated. > -- > John Richmond IV > ----------------- > Randr, Inc. > 951-369-3427 > 951-787-8683 Fax > www.randrinc.com > > > On Wed, 2010-06-02 at 08:52 -0700, Mark Holmquist wrote: >> > The one issue that I have with Mac's in the work place is the control we >> > have with Windows AD and updates >> >> Thus we come back to the topic of the list--why not use Linux? You've >> got plenty of control, with that. >> >> > What I would love to see happen is Apple sell OSX, at a premium price, to >> > be put on any computer. >> >> They'll never do it. They like programming for their own hardware >> only, for the same reason console games are easier to write than PC >> games--if you only have to be compatible with one system, and that one >> system has really good specs, then you can write really awesome >> software that takes up lots of resources, and you'll only have to test >> it once (or for however many systems you have). >> >> But back to the first point, I really despise companies when they >> complain about X being too slow (let X be a computer-related >> resource), and I *know* it's because of Windows or (occasionally) Mac >> OS being the stupid kid in the back row. Every single time, it gets >> more and more annoying...and Linux isn't used because "no one is used >> to it?" Please. People learn more about their jobs than that, I'm sure >> "getting used to" different-looking window-borders wouldn't take much >> time, and it's worth it to prevent hacking. And for the sysadmin who >> did manage to convince the higher-ups, he gets to submit bug reports >> to the developers when things go wrong. It seems like a win-win to me. >> The business gets more reliable and more flexible systems, and the >> community gets more bug reports from that sysadmin. >> >> -- MarkTraceur >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> LinuxUsers@socallinux.org >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
