Re: Doomed from the Start??
Had they not performed a software audit before starting the transition to Linux in 2003?
No need for that, guv. They read ElReg forums where noted Linux Specialists told how OpenOffice is 100% compatible with MSOffice, and even if it isn't fully compatible - it doesn't suck like Micro$haft does; WINE actually runs Windows programs better than Windows itself does, and even if it didn't most Windows programs have equal or better Linux equivalent in the repos. They were also delighted in how you can actually run Linux in the old 386SX Fujitsu-Siemens PCs they had warehoused away because Windows was such a bloat, and the fact that Linux has vastly greater device compatibility than Windows was a big bonus - XFree86 (in 2003, no X.Org yet) still had working code for the good ol' Tseng Labs and Trident cards...
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Biting the hand that feeds IT
