From Part One:
“Back in my earlier post on Configuration management of *nix I
talked about the fact that, for Linux to become more viable as an
enterprise desktop platform, it needed at least two things–good
management tools and another which I alluded to and will talk about
here. That 2nd thing is a good standardized API and rich toolset
for developing applications. I also mentioned previously that when
I worked in IT for a large financial services firm, we opted for
Windows NT 3.5 instead of Sun workstations on everyone’s desktop.
Part of the big reason for that was the far superior availability
of shrink wrap software…”
Complete Story (Part One)
Complete Story (Part Two)