Linux Lags On The Desktop (TechWeb)
Here's a lengthy TechWeb article about business deployments of desktop Linux.
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Ernie Ball Inc. turned to Linux out of crisis more than cost savings. Three years ago, the global manufacturer of guitar strings was slammed by the Business Software Alliance for running more copies of Windows than the company had paid for. Then there were the pirated copies of software from Autodesk Inc. and FileMaker Inc. It was the spark that turned Ernie Ball into a Linux hot spot. 'We had 120 days to comply with the BSA, and we complied by throwing everything out,' says Jeff Whitmore, an IT manager at Ernie Ball."