>>Please don't speak for me.I don't want to be down to one. That would be a >>monopoly and a monotony.<<
I was not speaking *for* you Ted. You stated in a previous post that you have a Linux box (for most software) and a Windows box (for Fox and Quickbooks), as did Whil, to run your business. I was using your example. Am I remembering wrong? Interesting, when I look up "monopoly" on Dictionary.com, I see your picture in the definition <bg>. It has been 20-something years since I got my minor in Econ, but I doubt the definition of monopoly really applies to the "other computer guy" in Contoocook, NH. >>That's a false assertion. "Most" businesses have several OSes running in >>house. Many businesses are supporting Windows 2000 and XP and 2003 and PocketPC (every one's different!) and Blackberries and incompatible laptops from a couple manufacturers. "Some" run OS X and Linux, too.<< My assertion is not false. Your example is way different than mine. My assertion is most normal businesses are not going to put 2 machines on every employees desk in their business so they can do their jobs. Yes there are exceptions like meteorologist at NOAA (each has three if I recall correctly). It has nothing to do with scenarios like Windows desktops and Linux servers (or vice-versa) performing different functions in the business environment. You have two desktops just to run your business (and several others for supporting clients, which is very normal in our business). I have one laptop to develop, keep my books, correspond with clients and associates, do research on the Web, watch movies to relax, and everything else. I have several other machines to support my clients, but my business is run on one machine, and one OS, and this is the norm for general business. >>This really isn't the case. Very, very few apps run differently on one than >>another. Apps written to use the KDE environment run on a GNOME desktop and vice versa. Who's feeding you this FUD?<< People I know who work with Linux every day. I am sure if you are just using office apps and browsing the web the compatibility is there. But I have friends who have scientific type apps running and they need specific configs (hardware and software). I don't consider it FUD, I consider it fact and experience. I have other friends who have a different line of business and they would never think of mixing different distros into their environment because they work differently. So I can listen to you and them and know my experience could be one or the other or both. I doubt any are spreading FUD. >>You've never had a client delete all the .SCT files because those were >>virus-carrying VB Script scrap files, eh? All of my clients get FoxPro source, but run EXEs. Why would you think this would be different in Linux?<< Actually I only had the SCT-deleting script file run by an employee hours after we told him not to. Never with a client. With the SCTs or even deleting the EXE the users are destroying something where I can send them a new copy. If they change the OS under the hood (whether it is an in-house IT department or hired out) I don't get to fix this. I think there is a big difference. Same case exists in Windows with errant drivers being loaded. Again, I am not picking on Windows or Linux. Reminder to self: my point is confusion in the marketplace. This is not a technical issue, it is a business issue. >>If you don't think that *BILLIONS* of dollars will be wasted rolling out >>Vista to customers who have absolutely no need for 99% of the features, you're not living in the same world I am. << Don't worry Ted, we live in the same world. I have already stated Vista is going to be a pain in the support neck too. I have also stated that Windows and the different platforms create headaches. I am not bashing Linux. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.rickschummer.com 586.254.2530 - office 586.254.2539 - fax _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
