Da, oni poznaju materiju, nema sta ;-)
Samo da navedem njihove argumente, da se smejemo:
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Just this week new research by the National Computing Centre (NCC) found only one Linux desktop for every 300 currently running Windows XP in UK organisations.
Market share = kvalitet. ;-)
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There would have to be a unified vision of where the components fit together and application developers would have to be able to work to that and have a mass market.
Aha treba im trziste, to je vec jasnije. ne treba mi spyware ovde na UNIX-u, niti programi koji nisu debagovani zato sto menadzment ne sme prebaciti time-to-market, jednu mi komercijalnu igru nadji koja radi u verziji 1.0 bez brda patcheva, please.
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Linux is a great example of the old adage 'you don't get owt for nowt'. It is not free, as you pay for the support and there are so many flavours that it dilutes any potential attractiveness. Far from being a Luddite, I am disappointed with the penetration of Linux; I had high hopes for a viable alternative but commercial interests in the end got the better of a great ideal.
Isto sto i prethodno. Da platim program mogu, ali macku u dzaku nikako. Dalje, ja ne placam podrsku, niti firma bas
mora placati podrsku.
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Unless, and until, Linux can get anywhere near that level of service and guarantee, it's too big a risk.
O, "rizik"? Zaboga, postoji valjan kod i onaj koji to nije. Rizik ne postoji. Ako neko nece ni "rizik" moze koristiti Solaris.
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Linux desktop for business is as unsuitable as Windows in what will be a retro terminal server world in five years. All apps will be hosted on servers locally on the net. So bye-bye all PCs - hello VT100 with a USB port.
Ovo je pa posebno neznanje. UNIX ima graficko okruzenje od 1984. I aplikacije doduse mogu da se vrte i na serveru ali ne moraju, i graficke i tekst mod.