--- ian
The only reason the rest of the company still use Windows is that the accounts system depends on it and they need something to practise on for fixing other people's stuff. I can't see us ever buying new products or upgrades from MS for work since there is nothing in the new stuff
This is only true (on the now rare occassion) if the program they are using is specific to windows. In about 90% of the cases there is a Linux equivilent. If you ask me, the one reason many companies stick with MS is because it is proprietry and so they have this inherent idea (ha!) that support is good, since they paid for it, they should get support for it.
really that worth having and by the time it is, there will most likely be Linux alternatives. The way I look at it is that the more people that use FLOSS, the more it gets accepted so the more people use it etc. Its constantly improving and at worst forces costs down by providing
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