Linux and the public sector

[Euro-commuter]

I am a Microsoft specialist. Have worked for Microsoft and have been doing Microsoft dev (deep techie) since Windows 2.0 when it was all C and Windows message pump coding. Before that I was working on DEC and embedded systems.

It has provided me with a large unbroken income and now as a .NET expert, name your rate!...

I believe all that and don't have any problem with it. I just think that your gibbering rants against non-Windows stuff, and misplaced Schadenfreude when all that has happened is that the Public Sector has done what the Public Sector does, are, well, gibbering and misplaced.

[portseven]

I personaly have rolled out Linux to 1000 workstations WAN in approx 300 retail locations in the UK and Ireland. I did this 3 years ago and know that it 'just works'. My current gig also uses Linux for its 2800 EPOS systems, which I know are not desktops, but being Linux allows for easier support and very stable service.

They all have a locked down desktop and I could push out updates / new software packages / screensavers / whole OS upgrades overnight.

The users have a full office suite (Openoffice.org), e-mail (web based) and access to business apps (telnet & RDP client)

I know a little of the Birmingham project, and they picked the wrong Linux distro. They choose Slackware which while nice and simple, has no central upgrade / managment tools like Ubuntu or Red-Hat.

I just think they got bad advice though not for want of trying, the company that helped me with the above rollout are based in Birmingham and did offer their services to the council. But like most public sector things it was a closed shop and they gave the job to their mates.

Anyone who thinks Linux is not making headway on the desktop needs to stop drinking the Microsoft Kool Aid and take a look around. Projects like the 70,000 desktop rollout in Extremadura, Spain & 14,000 in Munich keep cropping up.

[Jawz .]

Schadenfreude

I learned a new word today, I'm going to use that in our weekly meeting and impress everyone.

[hyperD]

"Eat lead, Fritz" is worth a 200 point bonus in team meetings. Extra 100 points if someone is actually called Fritz. -150 points if you work at Siemens though.

[cottonfoo]

What makes me laugh is the belief that Linux has any place in a modern IT world other than as a faceless low end server.

I can't believe I just read this. Call yourself an industry professional? I'd call you an inexperienced, ignorant retard.

[darmstadt]

What makes me laugh is the belief that Linux has any place in a modern IT world other than as a faceless low end server.

Like these ones:

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/linux/

Running this:

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/succ...eserverzseries

or even this which is quite interesting:

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/succ...eserverzseries

[AtW]

I'd call you an inexperienced, ignorant retard.

[cottonfoo]

I regret writing that now, but it was a very silly thing to say by someone that obviously knows his (MS) stuff better than most!

[bobhope]

Really all this linux vs windows stuff is academic for most people. On the family computer (not the one I develop / experiment with) at home - it doesn't even need an OS. The only app that is run by anybody is a web-browser. There's gotta be a market for a browser-only pc that boots in sub-second time.

[Cowboy Bob]

Really all this linux vs windows stuff is academic for most people. On the family computer (not the one I develop / experiment with) at home - it doesn't even need an OS. The only app that is run by anybody is a web-browser. There's gotta be a market for a browser-only pc that boots in sub-second time.

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

Pretty impressive for a grand total of 50Mb

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/dsl-3.1.jpg
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/dsl-2.3jwm.jpg