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On 2007-04-13T19:22+0100 Julian Hall wrote: > All that will happen is that anyone with a support contract with > Microsoft (and let's be honest who in their right mind would?) will > simply obtain the support elsewhere, and Microsoft will lose that > revenue. Business will *not* put an untested bugridden OS on their > systems. 'They already HAVE!' I hear you cry .. 'Windows of any > flavour'.. true, but at least what they have currently works. You can't run a operating system without security support. I don't think a 3rd party can provide adequate security support for Win98/XP without access to the source code. > Linux I feel *can* grab this market but two things have to happen. > a) Businesses have to be convinced of the support structure available > for their hardware *and* software. > b) Anything bespoke needs to be tried and tested with WINE, or ported > across to Linux. > b) involves expense and it is up to the Linux community to prove to > businesses that the expense will be recouped within a reasonable time. Most business applications are moving or will move to Web applications. Not necessarily "linux". The fact is Microsoft has already long lost. So relax. :) There is no point trying to convince people to use the Linux desktop. Get them using Firefox. It's a lot easier. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html