Raspunsurile SuSe la Documentul Micro$oft "Linux in Retail & Hospitality What Every Retailer Should Know Microsoft White Paper" Microsoft tries to keep away Linux users. Using a collection of rumors and half truths, Microsoft is trying to stop the adoption of Linux by professional users, like the buggy whip manufacturers tried to stop the adoption of the auto mobile. 1. Limited support of device drivers According to the risen market relevance of Linux most hardware manufacturers make new drivers available for Windows just like for SuSE Linux. This applies also to the example of the POS hardware: A search for the glossary words " POINT OF Sale " and " Linux " on Google supplies approximately 16,000 hits, under it to companies with such as ViewTouch or Linux Canada Inc., which specialized in POS under Linux. 2. Costs of support and maintenance Beside the installation support, which is already contained in the purchase price of the SuSE products, SuSE offers going support also beyond that in the context of support contracts. Enterprises from a multiplicity of possibilities select the service optimally adapted for it - of individual inquiries (call luggage) up to Rund-um-die the clock support for business-critical applications. With high-quality consulting and implementation performances, training and support solution provider SuSE enterprise customer offers such as Edeka, Miele or Meica a complete supply at IT services from a hand at prices corresponding to real market conditions. Also Microsoft discovered in April 2001 the lucrative service business and pulls for this altogether 13,000 coworkers together. That this took place not already in former times, the boss the new Business unit, Robert McDowell, justifies for 12 years at Microsoft, as follows: " to be, it is to be able to offer over sincerely again for us that we have products and technical advantages, around an operating system alternative for more fastidious functions. 3. Innumerable installation versions Under the controlling body Free standard Group compile both the prominent Linux providers and Caldera, Corel, Debian, talk have, SuSE and Turbolinux and prominent IT enterprises such as IBM, SAP, SGI and Sun uniform standards, which provide a compatibility of the Linux versions among themselves for the user reliably. In addition, Microsoft sits here stones throwing in the glasshouse: The many Inkompatibilitaeten - also and even within the area hardware drivers - between Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and the Windows XP announced now provide on user page for plentifully annoyance. 4. Missing software At the beginning of of February registers the residents of Munich nomina GmbH over 1400 Linux solutions in its data base. In addition all prominent data bases belong such as Oracle, IBM DB2, Informix, Sybase and ADABAS D just like the prominent middleware solution Lotus domino. Even as complex ERP solutions as my.SAP.com and Oracle Apps is offered on Linux. Besides both for the application and server operating system like also as Desktop numerous license-free applications are available, which meanwhile as world-wide standard was established. Thus according to Netcraft more than 60 % of all web pages are operated world-wide under the open SOURCE Web server Apache; fewer than 20 % with Microsoft IIS. 5. New ground for the trade Linux is already being used as local file, print and internet servers for small businesses and for departmental servers in larger businesses, and many large companies are deploying their large scale scale apps on Linux.. But there are not many middle level software packages yet for hotels or caterers. 6. Missing development programs, research activities and standards Today ten thousands of developers its various special know-how into the advancement of Linux. That the Linux advancement with giant steps precedes, but is not least IBM in: In February the company announced to invest world-wide in the next three years 330 million US dollar into the kundenservice for the mechanism from Linux infrastructure to. However in Europe IBM outputs until already 2004 200 million US dollar on the test laboratories equipped by Linux applications in for it. 7. Poor security According to a representative EMNID study security for 24 % is the Linux user a preference/advantage of their system; only 6 % the Windows user are convinced of the security of their operating system. Safety gaps are usually already detected and eliminated by the open-endedness of the Linux system during the development phase. If a safety gap should occur nevertheless with Linux, then the solution is available for this in the InterNet free of charge owing to the open source code often already after hours. Also the Federal Office for security in the information technology (BSI) supports this opinion and recommends enterprise open SOURCE often commodity, in order to make their IT infrastructure safer: " open SOURCE is characterised by the fact that the source code of the software in the last detail is situated openly and thereby can be checked. Thus IT security is increased clearly " 8. Increased labour costs This may be true in small businesses, however, medium and large businesses already have the knowledge available to easily convert to Linux, because Linux is just UNIX. 9. Limited Development tools Microsoft gives the example that MS Visual studio is not available. But numerous free development tools are available, as well as software that allows you to develop for Windows and Linux simultaneoously. 10. The future: Business Agility Linux has been around for 10 years is going to be around for a long time and is supported by market leaders among the software providers and Oracle, IBM and SAP, and the prominent hardware providers such as Intel, AMD, Compaq, HP, SGI and Dell. -- Lead programmer, Mihai Moldovanu ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) WEB's: http://www.tfm.ro/ http://portal.tfm.ro/ --- Send e-mail to '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' with 'unsubscribe rlug' to unsubscribe from this list.
