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Why enterprise still cannot accept Linux.
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| These companies that support Linux are not little fly by nighters either.
| They are the giants and grand daddies of the computing world. Three names
| that every enterprise would immediately recognise and trust are IBM, HP and
| Oracle. Those three companies support and endorse Linux and one of them even
| produces it's own version of Linux which it guarantees.
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| These companies and more don't sell Linux. They sell support for Linux. Their
| market is targeted at the enterprises sector and it specifically addresses
| the lack of support argument. Depending on the support contract you purchase
| you can have up to 24/7 support and a guaranteed fix for your problem.
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| Yet enterprise organisations still cannot accept that because Linux itself is
| not produced by a single company. They can accept Microsoft and Apple because
| they sell a right to use that operating system and also sell support for it.
| However even that support is lacking. For one, if the problem is finally
| determined to be a problem in the operating system there is no guarantee that
| a patch will be supplied.
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http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/locutus/why-enterprise-still-cannot-accept-linux-25705
It's a perceptual issue, not a technical issue, which is good news.
Recent:
New banking code cracks down on out-of-date software
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| The banking industry has re-affirmed a policy that makes online banking
| customers responsible for losses if they have out of date anti-virus or
| anti-phishing protection. New Banking Codes for consumers and businesses took
| effect on Monday.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/04/banking_code_2008/
Microsoft's 10Q Risk Factors Lists Conceivable Liability for Data Leaks
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| Improper disclosure of personal data could result in liability and harm our
| reputation. We store and process significant amounts of personally
| identifiable information. It is possible that our security controls over
| personal data, our training of employees and vendors on data security, and
| other practices we follow may not prevent the improper disclosure of
| personally identifiable information. Such disclosure could harm our
| reputation and subject us to liability under laws that protect personal data,
| resulting in increased costs or loss of revenue. Our software products also
| enable our customers to store and process personal data. Perceptions that our
| products do not adequately protect the privacy of personal information could
| inhibit sales of our products.
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http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000119312507225854/d10q.htm
Related:
Experts are calling for product liability for software
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| "Product liability does not apply to software," Gerald Spindler
| of the Faculty of Law of the University of Göttingen complained.
| "But what if a whole company comes to a standstill due to faulty
| software?" he mused.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/86932/from/rss09
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| Ah, from the horse's mouth: Microsoft just might be held legally
| responsible for selling software that is insecure.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2006112223522439
Microsoft confirms OneCare zaps Outlook, Outlook Express e-mail
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| Microsoft Corp. has acknowledged that a bug in its Windows Live
| OneCare security suite has been causing users' e-mail to vanish
| from Outlook and Outlook Express.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9012499
Your data or your life
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| As unlikely and alarmist as this sounds, it could really happen. Intracare
| is the publisher of a popular practice management system called Dr. Notes.
| When some doctors balked at a drastic increase in their annual software
| lease, they were cut off from accessing their own patients? information.
|
| This situation is completely unconscionable. There can be no truly
| open doctor-patient relationship when an unrelated third party is the
| de facto owner of and gatekeeper to all related data.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/node/1709
Windows XP repair disk kills automatic updates
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| The company is getting a kicking from critics for this - the same people who
| slammed the company two weeks ago when Microsoft forced a Windows patch on
| users who had turned off automatic updates.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/29/windows_update_flap/
Microsoft Excel fails math test
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| Microsoft Corp.'s Excel 2007 spreadsheet program is going to have to relearn
| part of its multiplication table.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070928/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_excel_bug
Microsoft: Excel Bug Doesn't Add Up
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| If you've been depending on your Microsoft Excel software to do your number
| crunching for you, you might want to grab a calculator and review your
| spreadsheets before you send the document out the door. That's because the
| latest version of Excel is housing bugs that are dead set on ruining your
| reports.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20070927/tc_nf/55613
Use Health Vault, Lose Your Rights
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| Microsoft has announced (NY Times Article) Health Vault. What should have
| followed here is a review of the service by my actually trying it.
|
| [...]
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| Heard enough? So had I. I'm absolutely going to pass on Health Vault. In
| addition to looking like the Microsoft Passport debacle redux, this is a very
| one-sided contract. They can harm you but you cannot harm them. There is no
| way for any 3rd party to verify that their privacy and security software
| works.
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http://www.linuxmednews.com/1191521272
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