RE: tlug: Fw: Could Linux Kill NT?

["Jonathan Byrne - 3Web" <jq@example.com>]

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7ol : Eric Standlee <fwiw3980@example.com>


>Here is a leader-mail to the anchordesk articles.  Looks like Linux is
>getting PR!  Maybe this adds to the Linux/NT thread we had a little while
>back...

Yeah, I read that a couple of days ago, and I think he presents a very
realistic scenario for how such a scenario might come into the being.  The
most important part of the article, IMO, is the three necessary conditions
that he sets forth, conditions that I think are right on.  The biggie is the
one about the standardized user interface.  Most users, IT staff, and -
especially - IT managers want predictability.  Predictability = ease of
setup, ease of use, and lower help desk costs.  Look at the great popularity
enjoyed by MacOS and Windows 95 and look for the big reasons why, and that's
what you find: ease of use and predictability.  They're all the pretty much
the same.  The company that takes Linux and delivers it packaged for the
enterprise and with a predictable UI will make a killing.

Could it be IBM, as he mentions in the editorial?  Maybe.  They have
recently embraced Apache.  On the high end, IBM will push its own UNIX, of
course, but what if it embraced formal support for Linux on the low end,
going even further with that than Sun is now going with its backing of Linux
as an alternative OS for the Ultra 5 and Ultra 10?  Delivered in a nice,
neat, corporate-oriented package, pre-installed on a computer with the IBM
name on the front, Linux could have a serious impact on MS.

Cheers,


Jonathan Byrne <E-mail:jq@example.com>
Media and Content Section
3Web - Your Internet Solution! <URL:http://www.threeweb.ad.jp/index.en.html>


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