Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on October 03, 2003 02:24 PM
its a transitional tool. that has the side effect of making one platform look more flexible than the other one. (all those neat things linux can do that windows cant, even if alot of that i really just X11)
its difficult for non technical users to change everything at once. suses way allows for a safer (read: less scary) transition because the old software is still there just in case. even if its never used. it makes a great transitioning tool. (that document that doesnt open right in OO can open in MS Office and then be translated to the new program that the tech said doesnt have viruses) people are scared of change.
its this kind of transitioning that allowed the german cities to migrate (i think they used vmware not in the mood to look it up), and the city large (they were using citrix for excel, this was long ago, i dont know if theyre still doing that)
MS knows this too, thats why they made Services For Unix. when the user moves to the new platform and brings the old tools, they (hopefully) adapt to the native ones. otherwise they may not have been able to.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on October 03, 2003 02:24 PMits difficult for non technical users to change everything at once. suses way allows for a safer (read: less scary) transition because the old software is still there just in case. even if its never used. it makes a great transitioning tool. (that document that doesnt open right in OO can open in MS Office and then be translated to the new program that the tech said doesnt have viruses) people are scared of change.
its this kind of transitioning that allowed the german cities to migrate (i think they used vmware not in the mood to look it up), and the city large (they were using citrix for excel, this was long ago, i dont know if theyre still doing that)
MS knows this too, thats why they made Services For Unix. when the user moves to the new platform and brings the old tools, they (hopefully) adapt to the native ones. otherwise they may not have been able to.
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