More Hope for the Linux Desktop (CIO)
Based on my take regarding the Council's interest in the Linux desktop, I would say that these organizations are diligently seeking a desktop solution beyond the Microsoft nightmare of purchase, patch, and upgrade. When your wealthiest clients are actively looking to stop using your solution, you should be worried."
Posted Mar 22, 2007 12:26 UTC (Thu)
by kirkengaard (guest, #15022)
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Posted Mar 22, 2007 14:02 UTC (Thu)
by niner (subscriber, #26151)
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Posted Mar 22, 2007 14:28 UTC (Thu)
by tjc (guest, #137)
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Posted Mar 22, 2007 17:43 UTC (Thu)
by bronson (subscriber, #4806)
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Did I miss a much more interesting secret?
Posted Mar 22, 2007 20:57 UTC (Thu)
by drag (guest, #31333)
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I think this is was from that MS vs Ohio case were they released a bunch of emails to the public in PDF form...
Well basicly Dell has this guy in charge of the Linux division for the company. I suppose in charge of Linux strategy for servers and such.
So this guy goes to a Linux convention and rants and raves about how kick-ass Linux is and how it's cheaper and such. So MS representatives there call back to the motherbase and tell them what Dell has been saying behind their back.
Then the emails turn into how Microsoft needs to 'whack' Dell to remind them how valuable Microsoft is to them.
Anybody catch that before it was taken down?More Hope for the Linux Desktop (CIO)
Google Cache still has the full version. I saved that just in case...More Hope for the Linux Desktop (CIO)
Summary: the council has representatives from State Farm, Merrill Lynch, and Bank of America, and they're not happy with the high level of support required to keep Windows working on a large number of systems.
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And I think the "secret" was that HP is playing with a sub-$200 Linux-based thin client. But that's hardly surprising: http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8398More Hope for the Linux Desktop (CIO)
Probably HP doesn't want to irritate Microsoft to much. They still depend on MS for the bulk of their business.More Hope for the Linux Desktop (CIO)