Which Linux

[Fred Bloggs]

(Unfortunately, now I have Linux, I can't remember why I wanted it...)

Me too

[VectraMan]

I'm not advocating that linux should be take up by all. I am advocating that its use in business WILL increase. It WILL take a greater market share. Certainly at server level and to a lesser extent on client machines (at least at first).

You're probably right, but with the moves towards VMs and remote desktop solutions it might be a moot point anyway. Linux is ideal for a dumb client to a Windows VM running on a server, but does that really count as Linux for the desktop?

I was looking at moving future plan B development to be cross platform, but one thing that puts me off doing anything for Linux is Linux users expect their software to be free.

[Netraider]

I was looking at moving future plan B development to be cross platform, but one thing that puts me off doing anything for Linux is Linux users expect their software to be free.

I don't expect anything to be free. I happily pay for quality software be it Linux or Windows based. I think there are a lot of Linux die hards who don't fully understand that sometimes you have to pay for quality software.

[lightng]

You're probably right, but with the moves towards VMs and remote desktop solutions it might be a moot point anyway. Linux is ideal for a dumb client to a Windows VM running on a server, but does that really count as Linux for the desktop?(

Maybe it doesn't count for the desktop but it is a really good use for linux. I have a linux machine on which I run server and client VMs for development. Works really well. There's not a reason why the technologies cant work together.

I was looking at moving future plan B development to be cross platform, but one thing that puts me off doing anything for Linux is Linux users expect their software to be free.

Yeah most linux home users expect free but business s/w is a different kettle of fish. At the end of the day though, if you've got a product that people want or need, they'll pay for it.

[bogeyman]

I don't expect anything to be free. I happily pay for quality software be it Linux or Windows based. I think there are a lot of Linux die hards who don't fully understand that sometimes you have to pay for quality software.

Or soap, or deodorant.

[DimPrawn]

Weren't people telling me Linux was the future back in 1995?

Then as now, Linux is just a free CD on the front of a computer mag for teenagers.

[oracleslave]

Weren't people telling me Linux was the future back in 1995?

Then as now, Linux is just a free CD on the front of a computer mag for teenagers.

It can improve your green credentials which I know is important to you

[expat]

Staff at hospitals across Sheffield are battling a major computer worm outbreak after managers turned off Windows security updates for all 8,000 PCs on the vital network, The Register has learned
....
The decision to disble automatic security updates was taken during Christmas week after PCs in an operating theatre rebooted mid-surgery.

Maybe they should have got something a bit more robust, instead of having to choose between security flaws, and reboots at a critical time.

[DimPrawn]

Maybe they should have got something a bit more robust, instead of having to choose between security flaws, and reboots at a critical time.

Blue screen of death.

[expat]

Blue screen of death.

UK NHS: trust your life to MS