Yeath September 30th Message Linux has stabilized the heel in the server field, and its supporters now want to expand their based fields. But why should customers experience the pain brought by changing the desktop operating system?
A senior IT official of a large pharmaceutical company summarizes the challenges facing Linux at the "IT Priorities" conference on Tuesday. He proposed a simple question: What is the benefit of turning the desktop platform from Windows to Linux? He said, what is the motivation of my conversion platform? Our company has 20,000 users in the UK, except 12 people use Mac, other people use Windows. I don't like the software of Microsoft, and tend to change the software used, but I didn't find the value of this.
In June this year, the technical director of the Norwegian city of LINUX was deployed, Tata, a simpler answer, showed a simpler answer. He said that the interests of economic and safety will cause IT managers to carefully consider transferring desktop platforms to Linux, and security costs may enable customers to purchase Microsoft license costs increased by 10% - 20%.
Chris, vice president of R & D, is believed that the cost will be a big advantage. He said that customers who have dare to use Linux will save a lot of cost in the next few years.
IBM Global Linux Strategic Manager Adam said that Linux operating system is more secure part because Microsoft's Windows operating system is more favored by viral authors. He said, however, fundamentally said that Linux has a safer architecture, which is manifested in the development method of open source application applications. Since more people review the source code, the development model of open source code can produce a safer code.
Microsoft's platform strategic department of McGlas has other opinions. He does not agree with the following statement, that is, the customer who purchases Windows is unfair in price and security. He acknowledged that some users may be more suitable for Linux, but customers should evaluate them according to their own needs. McGlas also said that Microsoft can quickly correct the defects in Windows, but acknowledge that there may be problems in the complexity of patch software, Microsoft is working on this issue.
The other advantages of Linux discussed at the meeting include improved task-based functions, support for multi-user environment, and it is an open standard independent of a vendor. Chris said that customers say they need to task-based functions to improve employee's work efficiency. Novell has put a lot of resources on customized Linux, allowing it to contain only applications that the company expect employees.
McGlas has different views on this, which believes that Linux has no advantage over Windows, since Windows 98, customers have reducing the ability of the operating system.
Tower said that the Linux desktop that can be used safely can be safely used by many users is very simple because it begins with UNIX.
IBM and Novell officials emphasize the importance of Linux open source characteristics. Adam emphasized that openness is important for interoperability and independent software vendors. Chris referred to the risk of enterprises to generate documents in the future. He said that only open source software ensures that users can permanently access their information. McGlas said that Microsoft has realized this problem, so it provides support for XML standards in Office 2000. (Finish)
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