[brlug-general] The market has rejected Linux desktops. Get over it.

[Jerald Sheets]

The false assumption I keep seeing being made, though, is that techies wind
up choosing Windows because they prefer it.

That is *NOT* the case. I have used Linux as my primary desktop now for
almost a decade.  Most often, I am required by $WORK to carry a windows
desktop.  That means they *force *me to do so.

Unless you have some specific app that is only available in Win-land, there
is no reason to use Windows on the desktop any more, except when brain-dead
$WORK demands it.

Brain-dead pointy-haired bosses have rejected Linux on the desktop.  Get
over it.

 ---
Jerald M. Sheets jr.


On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Jarred White <jwhite at pncpa.com> wrote:

> Hah, great article. Thanks for sharing.
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> The market has rejected Linux desktops. Get over it.
> http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=3372&tag=nl.e102
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