__/ [ Robin T Cox ] on Tuesday 02 January 2007 15:49 \__
> On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 20:04:23 -0800, Rex Ballard wrote:
>
>> DFS wrote:
>>> Rex Ballard wrote:
>>
>>> > We even have specialists who focus
>>> > on Oracle, Microsoft, and Sun technology. There are even cases where
>>> > we will reccomend a competitor's product for new deployments, based ot
>>> > the needs of the customer.
>>
>>> I'd guess you personally have recommended Microsoft\Windows many times -
>>> if not you were very likely doing your clients a disservice.
>>
>> Actually, yes I have. When they needed a .NET interface to Websphere. As
>> I said elsewhere in my posting, reccomendations depend on the needs of the
>> project, the skills of the team, and the existing.
>>
>> In some cases, the client has already decided to use Windows, but wants
>> additional support and integration. Most of the needed applications were
>> available for UNIX or Windows at the time, and Linux wasn't an option for
>> the client at that time. Later, several of the components were migrated
>> to AIX, others were migrated to Solaris, others were Migrated to Linux
>> when Windows failed to perform reliably.
>>
>> As for workstations, even when I'm reccomending Linux capabilities for
>> developer workstations, we don't tell them to scuttle Windows. We have
>> corporate clients who do run "pure Linux" client PCs, but this was a
>> choice made before we were even engaged. We have lots of engagements
>> where key IT staff have "dual-mode" capabilities as well. It's amazing
>> how easy it is to support 3-4 desktop users with 1 2nd rate PC "server"
>> and VNC.
>
> I'm delighted to hear that IBM are doing so well nowadays. As a matter of
> fact, I'm happily running Kubuntu Linux on an excellent reconditioned IBM
> Pentium III box.
>
> But regretfully, although I also enjoyed using Windows 98SE I shan't be
> trading it in so that I can use Vista.
I come from a similar position. Windows 98 and the subsequent
version/released (e.g. XP with the childish interface) proved that the
operating system lacked inspiration and was going nowhere. Vista confirms
this, but I moved all my machines to Linux years ago. I used Windows from
version 3.1 to 98. Occasionally I used 2000 and XP and they had feature
partity with 98 (where the features actually _mattered_). Even Allchin
recognised this, saying he would switch to a Mac if he were not working for
Microsoft. Apple, like Google, however, does not offer freedom (liberty and
price).
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