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I personally feel that Linux is ready for the desktop, but atleast one major dist needs to partner with a hardware vendor to provide easy access. Suse acheived this with HP, but it seemed it went as fast as it came. Not to mention that you can't get a cheap desktop from a major vendor (like Dell) without an OS, so it amost is more expensive to buy new comps with Windows and install Linux on arrival, then it is to just leave it as is and start installing programs. I also think once Crossover Office is more stable and supports more apps, Linux will spread like wildfire across organizations throughout the country, including the one I work for now. Everything we use already works in cxoffice, minus two programs which our business is 100% dependant on. So unfortunately, we're stuck for now. Uriel_Carrasquilla@ncci.com wrote:
Per Jessen <per@computer.org To: opensuse@opensuse.org > cc: Subject: [opensuse] Re: Linux not ready for prime time desktop? (was: 1 CD 09/06/2005 02:30 install ready to test) PM Please respond to opensuse
Uriel_Carrasquilla@ncci.com wrote:
Knoppix, SuSE, etc are not ready for prime time desktop. Not because of
technology
but because most customers insist on Windows.
#TBH, isn't that a bit of a silly comment? If user demand determines when a Linux distro #will be desktop ready, it will never happen. I'm sure Billy Gates didn't judge Windows' #prime time readiness by what the users wanted.
#Also, the large user communities seem to have no problem with user readiness? Stadt #Munich, the French CRS and many others. Thousands of terminals. A large Swiss health #insurer recently went to Linux-only thin clients - about 300 of them.
#/Per Jessen, Zürich Per, very silly indeed, I agree. I am just passing on what my customers are saying regarding their choice for desktop. When I grow up I might become a salesman and convice 800 people in my company to switch their XP for SuSE. In the meantime, I'll let someone else fight that battle. I can only fight one at a time and I already got my hands full. I do believe that once there is acceptance in some signficantly large organizations, then companies like mine will follow. No one got fired in the 80's by buying IBM. The same applies in my company but by buying WIN. All I can do in the meantime, get a few converts here and there. So I am on your side, don't forget that. Uriel
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