Re: Two new alternatives for the enterprise desktop
Posted by: waltsjc
on June 26, 2007 06:09 PM
Much of what you ask for already exists, but there is nothing missing that would prohibit an enterprise from deploying linux for a large (majority) portion of their userbase.
As an IT professional with nearly 20 years in the field, and linux user since the 0.99 kernel days, I have been able to use Linux in a corporate / enterprise environment for over 10 years. The key is to make sure you don't use technology that locks you into a single vendor wherever possible. There are people in the IT world that don't understand the basic reasons behind this and commit to using products that lock them in to a single vendor solution for everything. Not smart. Does this mean that Linux isn't ready for the enterprise? No. It means that some Enterprise businesses aren't ready for Linux. Gotta stop smoking the Microsoft crack pipe.
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Re: Two new alternatives for the enterprise desktop
Posted by: waltsjc on June 26, 2007 06:09 PMAs an IT professional with nearly 20 years in the field, and linux user since the 0.99 kernel days, I have been able to use Linux in a corporate / enterprise environment for over 10 years. The key is to make sure you don't use technology that locks you into a single vendor wherever possible. There are people in the IT world that don't understand the basic reasons behind this and commit to using products that lock them in to a single vendor solution for everything. Not smart. Does this mean that Linux isn't ready for the enterprise? No. It means that some Enterprise businesses aren't ready for Linux. Gotta stop smoking the Microsoft crack pipe.
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