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Routing around the desktop
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| The nature of the enterprise desktop is changing, and the emphasis now is on
| instant accessibility, mobility and flexibility - attributes which Linux, on
| the server, desktop, netbook or mobile device, is well placed to provide
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http://www.h-online.com/open/Routing-around-the-desktop--/features/113714
Related:
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| "I love technology. Love Windows, Mac, and Linux and I remember the bad/good
| old days of DOS/C-64, etc. I hear a lot about how Windows is best because it
| has all the software... Guess what? There hasn't been any innovative new
| software for years worth mentioning. It's all coming off the Internet and all
| OS's handle these just fine. Sure, a bunch of speciality business software
| exists for Windows desktops but the masses just need a nice OS to run a
| browser, office applications, and a few other typical things in a nice
| environment. Under these conditions, Windows hassling, spyware,
| commericalized environment feels shoddy compared to the Mac (or Linux)
| experience. One example, these clowns at Adobe, ATI, and Real put this
| ridiculous automatic update crap on my XP workstation. Is their software
| really so horrible and dangerous that I need to spend $$$ in processing
| cycles and electricity consistantly checking for the up to the minute update?
| Get real! Anyone can see their just doing this for marketing purposes and
| probably stealing personal information about my browsing habits. If their
| software is in such deperate need for constant updates, then it is beta
| software and unready for release. Windows today feels like a cheesy huckster
| show with every application helping itself to my processor time to fill some
| marketing clown's database. It seems like the really innovative stuff is
| coming out for the Mac and Linux from the University/Open Source community.
| And they let their tools operate as is, without requiring
| constant "phoning-home". Here's an idea..somebody write an application which
| counts processor cycles stolen by automatic update software and calculate,
| versus electric rates, how much money these companies are stealing from us by
| month/year/etc."
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http://news.cnet.com/8601-13505_3-10013231.html?communityId=2016&targetCommunityId=2016&messageId=775647#775647
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