On 10/25/2015 09:32 AM, Greg Freemyer wrote:
So while I love the Docker concept a lot of companies will stick to VMs becuase they can more readily run Windows as the guests.
The real issue, at a rational cost/benefit analysis POV, is whether it is a Windows application or a IS-independent infrastructure independent one. Many things like SQL database services, DNS, DHCP, NTP, file sharing, LDAP, IMAP/POP, calendaring and more are, as many demonstrate (e.g. Google, Amazon and many other 'web services', to say nothing for private - 'ownCloud' - and public - 'AWS' - systems) quite decoupled from any OS. It is the non-standard, proprietary nature of Outlook and the closed (usually unpublished) Microsoft protocols, designed for client lock-in, that are the real issue. If its functionality, cost, standardization responsiveness of support that are the issues around these things then FOSS is the winner. These things should be viewed as commodity items. As Google etc have demonstrated, they can be outsourced *provided* *that* *they* *are* *standards* *based*. There are many other 'commodity' items in life and business where we take this view, The only reason Microsoft has managed a lock in is its marketing's ability to, like the Shadow, having "the power to cloud men's minds". -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org