[Wftl-lug] Vista

[Jon Biddell]

Hmmm.... Only one point of dissention here;

GUI - Windows has a "cute" and UNCUSTOMISABLE interface. The Linux  
interface is incunsistent by virtue of its' customisability.

> So - my brand-new laptop now runs Vista. Why not Linux?  It would  
> be helpful for you to give me any feedback you have.
>
> Why do I run Vista, and not Linux?
>
> Curiosity - I am very practical and until I know something by hands- 
> on experience, I do not really know it. I now konw a lot more about  
> Vista.
> Borg - my company will be using Vista, whether I like it or not. A  
> CTO cannot impose OS choices - affect them at best, and affecting  
> ain’t gonna do it - we will be using Vista. So I may as well know  
> about the issues - may be able to slow down implementation (eg by  
> pointing out cost). My desktop machine at the office runs Ubunto  
> 6.10, btw.
> Cost. I was about to buy the equivalent Mac laptop, but $2200 pre- 
> tax vs #3200 pre-tax for the same class machine.
> GUI. Windows has a cute and consistent interface, so does Mac.  
> Linux is not quite there (try adding a font to Ubuntu and then  
> using it in multiple apps).
> And the main one: Apps. Apps. And Apps. There are still apps I  
> really need - a decreasing list fortunately, but not a zero list.  
> Canon DPP. Corel Draw. TomTom software. Until these are available  
> for Linux or Mac, I am stuck. I don’t think running Windows on a  
> Mac is quite the solution yet, is it?
> So - I entirely agree this is sub-optimal. But I feel that overall  
> I have little choice.
>
> I feel that other CTOs who do this are cowards - but then I look at  
> myself, and see that I really do not have much choice. I have been  
> fighting for yewars to get OOo adopted. Well, I and a few of my  
> techies use it. but this has seriously damaged my credibility as a  
> senior Exec of my company (my other execs all believe the MS FUD  
> and not me).
>
> So how can I fight this without getting fired? Examples would help  
> (not "a library in Utah is using Linux", but "GE has switched to  
> Linux" - THT would be good. Pointing out the cost would help (Vista  
> is buggy, expensive, etc)
>
> Any other ideas?
>
>
>
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