Re:Self Install Guide (Score 1)

1> Novell is using linux in one of their best products (oddly, the one being referred to here - ZENworks is an _AWESOME_ product for managing software distribution. No free software equivalent floating around that I know of - anyone want to point me at something that handles association of users, workstations, and applications in a central directory, remote control/view through the directory, single sign on through the directory, self-heal capable applications, desktop imaging and update snapshotting, and works on Win32 boxes that universities and businesses love so much? It's better in a lab or office environment than on people's 'customizable' machines, but it is a __GREAT__ product.

Personally, I'd rather run linux - but there's too much vertical market software that will _NOT_ run on it. And then there's my cd burner that Adaptec likes and cdrecord doesn't... Or even shrinkwrap with no good replacement - ACT! and Visio were still better than equivalent open source / software freedom movement packages last time I looked at them (three months ago). Depressing, since I've been using linux since i had someone with a 'real' connection make me up 1.2MB floppies of SLS....