Niclas Arndt wrote:
Indeed so.
To me, Linux is the most cost-effective network service server OS. I would never consider using M$ for this. I will gladly consider changing on my desktop as well when:
1. there is a decent office suite available, 2. my computer games work on Linux, 3. the KDE browser becomes fast enough, 4. there is a good anti-virus and internet security suite for Linux, (Yes, this will become a problem once Linux is used by more than the enthusiasts.)
Having this, I would only have to boot into W2k a few times a year for my annual accounting. Man, do I long for that day!
<STUFF DELETED> 1. I use MS Office and friends under crossover office, it started out as a proof of concept for other colleagues who wanted to switch to Linux, but OpenOffice.org has been maturing nicely to the point where I really don't need MS Office, not particularly needing the features which I'm told are available in MS Office - I don't even know what they are, but I've heard it said - don't care as I'm a techie and leave such intracies up to Office Willy to pursue as his day job. 2. Not a gamer, but have tried a few - horses for courses really. 3. The browser ... never notice how slow it is in comparison to any others. Give me the security always, IE is definitely lightning fast at infecting machines. 4. We only need ant-virus software to protect Windows machines that can't protect themselves - that upsets the Symantecs of this world who make a killing writing software to protect software that was not designed with security in mind, Linux could kill the anti-virus industry. There goes another myth based on the assumption that the only difference is numbers, a sort of, if there were more Rolls Royces on the road, the number of dead Rolls drivers would be similar to those of drivers of the average tin can. Bill Gates says Windows is more secure than Linux, so he must be right, but wait, I see that Windows, both desktops and servers get frequently damaged, Windows in parts of the internet and in corporate installations causing disruption, desktops seriously crippled and massive amounts of time spent cleaning up the mess, mass emails asking staff to download the latest anti-virus after the virus has hit, a few weeks later they are back on the same merry-go-round - ad-infinitum. I jettisoned Windows on my laptop at work years ago when a colleague turned to me late one evening when we putting together Linux to deploy on all Corporate laptops and said "F**** it, I'm blowing away Windows", moments later it was gone permanently for both of us and we never looked back. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer =====LINUX ONLY USED HERE=====