Computerworld: As Business Looks to Linux Desktops, Some Critical Apps Lacking

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“In the past 18 months, the vision of Linux on enterprise
desktops has gained ground as full-featured office productivity
software has become a reality and welcome improvements have been
made to the Linux kernel and to installation and administration
tasks.

“But while the operating system has evolved closer to seamlessly
filling business desktop needs, some prospective Linux users here
at the Enterprise Linux Forum Conference & Expo said nagging
gaps remain that have halted their companies’ move to Linux for
many of their workers’ computers.

“Shawen Donnellan, director of software development for reseller
Amherst Corporate Computer Sales & Solutions in Merrimack,
N.H., said about 10% of his company’s client base of several
thousand customers have asked about using Linux as an alternative
on employee desktops, in part because of the increased costs of
their existing Microsoft Windows software licenses. But those
efforts have faltered in many cases due to the lack of
full-featured calendaring and scheduling software for Linux,
Donnellan said…”

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