bloodrose's Journal: MS on Linux

Ok, I just find this entirely too funny and wrong. I have been for the majority of my computer using days one MS Windows Enviornment or Another. I had touched upon Linux as a Desktop OS only briefly before, but had mainly used Linux and Unix on the server platforms. Recently I decided that other than the games I play and certain dev tools I need that require windows (FFXI, Halo PC, VB .Net, VC#), that I am going to try and move to a Linux as a desktop OS, at least dual booting on my laptop.
          After considering the varied distrobutions and such, my friend and business partner had suggested going with something like Xandros. And after reading some of the features I decided to try it. After all if it didnt work, I could always turn around and install Suse or FreeBSD.
          The install, definatly left me happy. Quick, easy... fairly painless(no papercuts this time). Then I checked out the preinstalled package Cross Over. With CrossOver I installed a copy of MS Office 2000 I had, and it installed I.E. along with it. To my amazement (and some Horror) I was suddenly surfing useing I.E. in Linux... this fact just seems... completely wrong.

Do the math...

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It seems more wrong then. If a customer wants to save money but "can't" move away from ms office and/or IE, then something like Xandros and CrossOver Office reduces their overhead significantly.

Office small biz + Xandros Deluxe is cheaper than WXP Pro + office small biz by over 100$ a desktop.

Thats significant to a small biz. Heck, thats significant to a large biz... 100$ a desk with 500 desks... 50k.

Then, as they become more comfortable with running linux, you get them doing test trials of OO.org - so