Comment Re:Why not Open Source? (Score 1) 540
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So, what made these guys go down this odd, obscure, proprietary route with a company which seems to saddle all their technology with proprietaryness and software patentyness?
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Exactly! As a geek who personally uninstalled all his MS OS & apps and threw away the CD's, I've been getting along great with OSS solutions! It appears SlimDick doesn't have 1/10'th the features that any current Linux distribution contains on the first installation CD. What kind of drugs are these city officials snorting?
Credit due for the MS licensing dodge--but the refusal to even try the likes of Open Office when looking to replace low end licensing is stupidity of the highest order. It's the first solution I offer my clients, and is deeply discounted because I can support 1000's of desktops per technician with linux, versus a hundred per tech with MS.
So, what made these guys go down this odd, obscure, proprietary route with a company which seems to saddle all their technology with proprietaryness and software patentyness?
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Exactly! As a geek who personally uninstalled all his MS OS & apps and threw away the CD's, I've been getting along great with OSS solutions! It appears SlimDick doesn't have 1/10'th the features that any current Linux distribution contains on the first installation CD. What kind of drugs are these city officials snorting?
Credit due for the MS licensing dodge--but the refusal to even try the likes of Open Office when looking to replace low end licensing is stupidity of the highest order. It's the first solution I offer my clients, and is deeply discounted because I can support 1000's of desktops per technician with linux, versus a hundred per tech with MS.
