[wellylug] OT in some sense (I guess), but a fun read ...

[Jethro Carr]

On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 21:14 +0900, scott wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I found that article to be very interesting- thanks for the (OT) post.
> The company I'm working for is currently rolling out vista to something
> like 20000 machines. Luckily I'm a regional department IT manager and I
> get to choose my own OS, so I can't wait to not upgrade my own Debian
> laptop to that vista crap.
> 
> I wonder if vistas straightjacket approach to software will ironically
> just push open source into the spotlight as a workable solution.

IRD (NZ Tax Department) has stated that they are going to upgrade their
current win2k boxes to XP, and when they need to upgrade from XP, they
will seriously consider Linux. (however, I think this is because of the
resource requirements/cost of Vista, rather than because of the DRM)


<shameless_self_plug>
That article has been circling all over the web in the last month... if
anyone cares for a summary and some thoughts, visit my site:
http://www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?cms=blog:20070124
</shameless_self_plug>


-- 
Jethro Carr

www.jethrocarr.com
www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?page=cv/cv.php
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