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29.07.03, 12:09
Wygląda na to, że władze Monachium przeszły na linuxa po to aby pracować na
windows:
Fun Fact About Those Linux PCs in Munich
And speaking about Linux stories you don't hear much from the Linux-loving
mainstream press, consider the following. Remember that story about the city
of Munich choosing Linux to power 14,000 desktop computers? One aspect of
this story that most people don't know about is that up to 80 percent of
those Linux desktops will be equipped with VMWare, a virtual machine
emulator, under which they will run Windows and Windows applications. That's
right, folks: The majority of those "Linux desktops" will be used to run …
Windows. I'm not a big fan of Gartner, but they've issued a report,
correctly titled, "Munich's Choice Doesn't Prove Linux OK for General
Desktop Use," that raises some interesting issues. First, many of the
Windows desktops they're migrated are very old Windows versions like Windows
3.1, making the switch to Linux less painful (it would be equally painful to
switch to XP). Gartner says the cost of switching to Linux will cost 30
million Euros, or 3 million Euros more than it would cost to switch to XP,
not including any steep discounts Microsoft would have no doubt provided.
And finally, because most of the Linux machines will use VMWare to run
Windows anyway, Linux is really being used as a hosting environment, and not
as a replacement. In other words, this isn't exactly a good business case on
which other companies can base a decision to migrate to Windows desktops.
And, not coincidentally, that's why we're not reading about a lot of other
high-profile Linux switchers.
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www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=39614
