Comment Re:No, it needs a better install package (Score 1) 238
So long as you have convinced your IT department to make the switch. Unfortunately, we Unix admins don't hold the posistion we once did. The NT admins are now the major voice in the shop, and it's hard enough getting our help desk to understand Windows.
I've had a few of the NT guys want to "learn Unix" so I told them to try out Linux. They would tell me how they couldn't get it to work and just gave up.
With the boom of the last few years, the IT field has been flooded with bookstore admins. If you're looking for IT pros to get the word out, it's too late, both the knowledge and more importantly, the drive, are no longer there.
The reason that people chose windows for home is because that's what they use at work, and they are familure with it. You must first show people, not just tell them, about the benefit of Linux. Why buy a PC with Linux loaded when I have had no luck trying it out on my old system? Why use an OS that is different from what I'm using at work?
The reason Windows has become so popular is not because Bill Gates has some control over the minds of corprate America, but because any monkey trained how to use a mouse can install and configure an entire enterprise and have it work. That is the key to a successful OS, depressing though it may be. Businesses would much rather pay for an OS and keep the saleries of employees at a reasonable level, then choose a free os and have to pay for specialty knowledge. Not to mention, that you still have to pay if you want support from companies like RedHat or SuSE.
I've had a few of the NT guys want to "learn Unix" so I told them to try out Linux. They would tell me how they couldn't get it to work and just gave up.
With the boom of the last few years, the IT field has been flooded with bookstore admins. If you're looking for IT pros to get the word out, it's too late, both the knowledge and more importantly, the drive, are no longer there.
The reason that people chose windows for home is because that's what they use at work, and they are familure with it. You must first show people, not just tell them, about the benefit of Linux. Why buy a PC with Linux loaded when I have had no luck trying it out on my old system? Why use an OS that is different from what I'm using at work?
The reason Windows has become so popular is not because Bill Gates has some control over the minds of corprate America, but because any monkey trained how to use a mouse can install and configure an entire enterprise and have it work. That is the key to a successful OS, depressing though it may be. Businesses would much rather pay for an OS and keep the saleries of employees at a reasonable level, then choose a free os and have to pay for specialty knowledge. Not to mention, that you still have to pay if you want support from companies like RedHat or SuSE.
