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Free is too expensive (Economist)Free is too expensive (Economist)Posted Apr 1, 2012 21:34 UTC (Sun) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)In reply to: Free is too expensive (Economist) by Del- Parent article: Free is too expensive (Economist)
Windows 7 allows to run other programs. And users are more than happy to pay for this.
I've actually tried to migrate a couple of mid-range (50-100 users) organizations to Linux. We've tried pilot projects with just a few users. Invariably, it turned out that some small but critical app they are using since 90-s can't work in Wine. Then they try do arithmetic:
Large companies might decide to go on with the migration. Small companies usually just continue with Windows.
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Free is too expensive (Economist) Posted Apr 2, 2012 7:43 UTC (Mon) by Del- (guest, #72641) [Link]
You really do open up new topics as we go along here. Migrating company desktops to linux is indeed challenging. Mostly because of lock-in. Sure, there are applications, some places more than other places. In HPC related industry you frequently have the opposite, applications, yes even proprietary ones, are often only available on linux. Guess what, proprietary 3D viewers are abundant on linux.
Start a new thread and I can join you in this discussion. For this thread we have already expanded the capabilities of LWN.
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