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SearchEnterpriseLinux: Desktop Linux is a Tall, But Not Impossible, Leap

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 25, 2003

[ Thanks to Michael
S. Mimoso
for this link. ]

Some IT managers believe that an enterprise desktop
migration from Windows to Linux would be very difficult. Is that
true?

Berenstein: Every corporation that has looked
into this has heard it is going to be very expensive. They hear
that wide-area deployment and remote management of computers within
a large corporate network will require either hiring specialized
Linux IT people or training our current Microsoft IT people to
learn what to do when they’re using a Linux system.

Still, isn’t users’ familiarity with Microsoft Office
the biggest barrier to enterprise adoption of desktop
Linux?

Berenstein: The driving philosophy behind what
Xandros has done is to arrange it so that when people look at and
use it, they have no idea they’re not doing it in Windows…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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