Comment Re:I hate to state the obvious but, (Score 1) 271
Ok,
I have worked in Hospital's IS departments and have also spent some time in the Army, and in neither place was any critical system run by Windows machines. What you do see are lots of cheap Windows boxes using terminals to access UNIX machines.
Think about it. Currently it's alot easier to support a bunch of Windows desktops than Unix or Linux desktops. More people are familiar with them. Most users know how to launch applications in windows (Double click the big "E"), all they need to learn now is one more app, THE ONE RUNNING ON UNIX, being presented to them in a friendly Windows context.
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- Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enought to make them all yourself.
I have worked in Hospital's IS departments and have also spent some time in the Army, and in neither place was any critical system run by Windows machines. What you do see are lots of cheap Windows boxes using terminals to access UNIX machines.
Think about it. Currently it's alot easier to support a bunch of Windows desktops than Unix or Linux desktops. More people are familiar with them. Most users know how to launch applications in windows (Double click the big "E"), all they need to learn now is one more app, THE ONE RUNNING ON UNIX, being presented to them in a friendly Windows context.
Done
- Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enought to make them all yourself.