SUSE REDOUBLES LINUX DESKTOP STRATEGY
SUSE REDOUBLES LINUX DESKTOP STRATEGY Posted June 08, 2003 9:00 PM Pacific Time Linux outfit SuSE is on the desktop offensive, with plans to unveil on Monday a desktop suite designed to take advantage of large IT infrastructures. Building out on the company's server-based Linux offerings, SuSE Linux Desktop is bundled with Sun Microsystems' StarOffice 6.0 and OpenOffice.org 1.0.2, although users can also install and use the latest versions of Microsoft Office. It also comes with five years free maintenance. For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/06/08/HNsusedesktop_1.html -- Powered by SuSE Linux 8.2 Pro & KMail 1.5.1 Never forget: At Microsoft, the engineering department are the Ferengi... The marketing and legal departments are the Borg!
On Monday 09 June 2003 06:25, Fred A. Miller wrote:
SUSE REDOUBLES LINUX DESKTOP STRATEGY
Posted June 08, 2003 9:00 PM Pacific Time
Linux outfit SuSE is on the desktop offensive, with plans to unveil on Monday a desktop suite designed to take advantage of large IT infrastructures.
Building out on the company's server-based Linux offerings, SuSE Linux Desktop is bundled with Sun Microsystems' StarOffice 6.0 and OpenOffice.org 1.0.2, although users can also install and use the latest versions of Microsoft Office. It also comes with five years free maintenance.
For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/06/08/HNsusedesktop_1.html
The guy's analytic qualities (Stephen O'Grady) are represented in where he comes from ,a ""RED"" MONK. Who in the world wants to use Internet Explorer if you can get a choice of no problem Linux internet programs? -- Greetings from /bill at 169 west , 19 south. My holy cow is a penguin, and a proud one.
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One analyst believes SuSE has a chance to yank away market share from Linux competitors such as RedHat inside large corporate accounts, but doesn't believe it can peel away Microsoft's desktop stranglehold.
"Among power users looking for lots of function out of the operating system, I don't think [SuSE Linux Desktop] is ready to compete in that arena. But among those people who do not need that level of capability and are ticked off by [Microsoft's] Licensing 6.0, I think this will be a good choice for them. I see the making some inroads with this," said Stephen O'Grady, an analyst at Redmonk in Hollis, N.H.
What on earth is it these *analysts" think IS actually supplied and WORKING on an MS desktop that can't be easily found and set up on a Linux one ??? -- j Talkin' to myself again; Wond'rin' if this travelin' is good. Is there something else a doin' ? Somethin' I'd be doin' if I could. But if it all blows up ; and goes to hell;I hope that we could sit upon , a bed in some motel... just singin' all the stories we could tell. j. sebastian it's just an afterthought; okay ? : Definition of Terror: A female Klingon with PMS.
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