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| techiem2 Sep 25, 2006 6:21 AM EDT |
Quoting:In an interview with ZDNet Asia, Makris explained that the main problem with Linux desktops is that they run as "administration-intensive, virus- and error-prone fat clients" in a network. I'm not sure if he's really clueless or just spreading FUD to sell thin client software.... |
| dcparris Sep 25, 2006 6:30 AM EDT |
"virus-prone"??? It would certainly make a lot more sense just to say that thin-client solutions are simpler to manage. |
| tuxchick2 Sep 25, 2006 7:10 AM EDT |
You know, all those Linux viruses that McAfee keeps warning us about. Only a very cynical person would believe it's just a transparent, untruthful ploy to sell shoddy security software. |
| tuxchick2 Sep 25, 2006 8:41 AM EDT |
I had to read this again, because of the mind-bogglingness. "the key problems with desktop Linux stem from having two competing desktop environments--K Desktop Environment (KDE) and Gnome. "The moment you develop for two [environments], there's obviously going to be extra work, testing and time-to-market," he said." Then duh, develop for X.org. Then it works on all desktop environments and window managers. You lose out on some pretty widgeting, and possibly some loss of productivity because your employees can't have transparent buttons or custom unreadable menu fonts, but I'm sure the pain of that will fade with time. The only question with using Linux on the desktop is, can you run the applications you want? All the hand-waving in the world can't distract from one central issue. |
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