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Kai Hendry wrote: > 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. > True, however I'm not just talking about the big forms with IT Departments. I mean the small companies operating out of one or two offices where 'Fred' *is* the IT Department. Their security is basically 'How good is the basic OS, and what does Fred know about securing it?'. In those cases I think that (wrongly) they don't put as much effort into security as they should. Linux would do it without them trying. > Most business applications are moving or will move to Web applications. > True.. in my old job we had three databases.. we ended up with one web frontend for them all. It was *horribly* slow. Instead of each database sending individual streams of data we had HTTP traffic clogging the network and I could end a 3-5 minute (minimum) call without getting the customer's record up, having taken the whole call record in Notepad. I then ignored the whining from the Callcentre Coordinator, dropped into Idle and waited for the record to come up so I could complete the call. IMHO, from my experience, using a Web application for everything is a horrendous idea. > Not necessarily "linux". > > The fact is Microsoft has already long lost. So relax. :) > I'm quite relaxed :) > There is no point trying to convince people to use the Linux desktop. > Get them using Firefox. It's a lot easier. ...and Thunderbird..using both gets rid of a lot of headaches :) Kind regards, Julian -- 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