Living (and dying) with Linux in the workplace (ComputerWorld)

Posted Mar 25, 2007 1:56 UTC (Sun) by h2 (guest, #27965)
In reply to: Living (and dying) with Linux in the workplace (ComputerWorld) by ballombe
Parent article: Living (and dying) with Linux in the workplace (ComputerWorld)

It was reasonably fair, with one GLARING exception: the author compared apps that they had training on, had books on, in windows, with an app they had no training on, and had no material about. That is just patently absurd, and totally unfair.

They were clear enough to admit this, but they didn't draw the proper conclusion, which is that you can't compare two apps if you are trained on one and not on the other. The correct conclusion would have been: I can't actually say much about this because I haven't had a corresponding level of training on the Free application, so until I matched that training level the comparison is meaningless.

But overall, it was an ok article, better than usual. Although I'd like to see one of these authors try to install Windows from scratch, no driver cds, just install cd versus install cd. Then Linux type systems would rank WAY ahead, no comparison.