tir, 16.11.2004 kl. 13.40 skrev Avi Alkalay: > On 11/15/2004 12:08:08 PM, Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote: > > >> All of us trying hard to convert friends etc to Linux - what are the > > >> arguments used? > > > > All of those are nice - but are they "killer apps" for Linux? No - it is > > merely supporting functions which make the OS nicer. > > > All those points you guys put here are real and I like them, specially > M. Peters yum argument. > > But it is all useless, from a business perspective, if your users have > to use apps built with proprietary technologies, like VB, Delphi, etc. > And 99% of today´s workplace desktops have to run some business app > made with these frameworks. A desktop is not only a Browser and an > Office Suite. I hope some day it will be, with industry initiatives > like portal, etc. > Delphi exists for Linux. Sadly (i know it is a shitty language, but it is fast to learn and develop small things in), VB doesn't. > But personaly, I´m not really sure FC3 (not just Linux) is ready for, > say, my mother to use. And she does only browsing, e-mail and > messenger. She is already using Firefox on Windows though. > > The server perspective follows the same rules: If you have a server > app built on top of proprietary technologies (ASP, .NET, Cold Fusion, > etc), I´m sorry Linux, but there is no room for you. Go see the > infrastructure department if there is something for you, and come back > tomorrow to this business section. > On the server side things are looking better - as far as i can see, Linux is often the preferred platform here for developers to develop on, simply because it is the most widespread. > The bottom line is: operating systems do not solve business problems > alone. They need apps that implement some enterprise business logic. > So the OS is defined by the higher level application your datacenter > MUST run. Sad but true. > agreed > If you have all your business apps built with standards like J2EE, > etc, Linux is ready today for deployment. From the simplest caching > DNS server, to the biggest SAP, ERP, CRM implementation you can > imagine. > > The most effective way to make Linux more popular is convincing > DEVELOPERS (the guys that make business and killer apps) to start > developing on Linux. > agreed > Regards, > Avi
