On Mon, 2006-12-25 at 18:46 -0500, Fred A. Miller wrote: > On Monday December 25 2006 10:47 am, Mike McMullin wrote: > > > But Ken, your federal government must have used some other OS before > > > switching to Linux which means that 'they' are a fickle lot and will > > > switch from Linux at a drop of a hat. If they abandoned the other OS > > > then they will abandon Linux given the appropriate excuses. > > > > Part of it is cost, part of it is security. The release of Vista > > seems to indicate the end of the MS monolithic desktop, can their server > > software be far behind? > > I question if Vista really is the "end" of the MS momolithic desktop. From my > brief hands on with it, I'd disagree. ;)
(MS)ZD-Net was commenting that the length of time and cost to produce Vista could mark this type of softwares end. Supposedly there was a team of 12 to 25 individuals just to handle the log-out/switch user aspect. Either end of that number seems a good deal of folk. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
