Re: tlug: MSNBC: MS watching Linux

[Darren Cook <darren@example.com>]

>1) As was hinted, compatibility can be an issue, but more importantly . . 
>2) It's about supporting it and having people find the same thing on every
>desktop.  Consider this example:

Yes, exactly!

One more to add:

*Training cost. Your users have finally grasped how to resize windows,
get/send email and print out their spreadsheet, with Windows 95. If you
install something new they have to be upto speed and getting useful work
done within 30-60 minutes. Even 60 minutes of training per user is a
significant cost.

And if just once they have to type something cryptic at the commandline,
forget it. They'll be on their knees begging you to give them back their
crashes-three-times-a-day Windows 95.

Darren



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