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Why Most Businesses Still Use Windows
Jul 13, 2007, 01 :30 UTC (17 Talkback[s]) (8027 reads)

"On paper, Linux seems to be the ideal workstation operating system for the corporate environment: highly configurable, free, secure, easily deployed in a network, extremely stable... So why are medium and small businesses, the backbone of the US economy, not switching over to Linux?

"I have my own theories, working as an IT manager for a small company myself..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
...I have my own theories, working as an ...   You're an IT manager?   
Brandioch Conner
Jul 13, 2007, 02:04:43
 
When the CFO finds out the CIO is spendi ...   Wait till the CFO finds out the CIO is an idiot   
david
Jul 13, 2007, 02:38:40
 
to drift away from all these articles th ...   I think it's time   
Greg P
Jul 13, 2007, 02:46:59
 
Hear hear, it's nice to see someone  ...   Re: I think it's time   
Cabal
Jul 13, 2007, 04:09:09
 
Many companies cannot afford to switch t ...   Add one more   
paul
Jul 13, 2007, 05:02:22
 
More info: www.dice.com ...   Maybe because most business still doesn't use   
Shamar
Jul 13, 2007, 06:47:57
 
I work in a massive government agency us ...   it will never change   
michael
Jul 13, 2007, 10:01:22
 
I have used linux at work since Jan 2004 ...   people just do not know   
stew
Jul 13, 2007, 11:46:52
 
>> Does anybody really care about all th ...   Re: I think it's time   
Jose
Jul 13, 2007, 11:54:44
 
>> "Any business, even those who are pri ...   Re: Add one more   
Jose
Jul 13, 2007, 12:32:51
 
1: Everyone else uses Windows. The old " ...   The 2 real reasons   
Dale Pontius
Jul 13, 2007, 13:52:08
 
...and it doesn't make people very h ...   There's another reason...   
cjm
Jul 13, 2007, 14:06:21
 
"Beyond the mere fact that Microsoft has ...   RE: There's another reason...   
rupe
Jul 13, 2007, 16:46:38
 
 But of course, Linux on the desktop and ...   Where else?   
XXX
Jul 13, 2007, 18:00:17
 
I agree as long as it is clear that your ...   Re: Re: Add one more   
paul
Jul 13, 2007, 18:16:56
 
"1. Windows has been the standard for a  ...   Think "Thick" is right......   
John Helms
Jul 13, 2007, 19:39:06
 
I think the instability you are experien ...   Re: it will never change   
Don T Bothers
Jul 13, 2007, 20:49:00
 
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