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On 2024-12-22, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> Le 2024-12-22 à 01:06, rbowman a écrit :
>> On Sun, 22 Dec 2024 05:25:09 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
>> 
>>> On 2024-12-21, Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The reason they use Windows is because it runs Microsoft Office (and
>>>>> businesses are "married" to this crap) and Microsoft's has leverage
>>>>> with the computer manufacturers. Monopolies have a lot of inertia
>>>>> that's hard to overcome. But you'll note that, for development
>>>>> purposes, Microsoft is now including Linux in Windows. There's a
>>>>> reason for that. And, as software moves to the "rental" phase and more
>>>>> and more of the applications move to the "Cloud", there will be less
>>>>> and less necessity to use Windows.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> No purchasing manager was ever fired for specifying Microsoft.
>>>
>>> I wouldn't bet on it.
>> 
>> Leaving out the cloud I have to agree. Microsoft and the availability of
>> Microsoft Certified Whatevers makes pointy headed bosses sleep better at
>> night.
>
> It's the same argument as the one that was made as to why IBM won over 
> superior platforms in the 1980s. At the very least, anyone who suggests 
> Microsoft can't be reprimanded because the boss knows that they will be 
> able to find a ton of people who can use the well-known software as well 
> as a ton of techs who can troubleshoot it. Even if they can't afford 
> that staff, there is lots of help online for most problems if they 
> search for it. That doesn't mean that the operating system is 
> necessarily better; it simply means that businesses take a lot less risk 
> in choosing one over the other.
>
> I've always mentioned that I believe that in fields like education and 
> finance, everyone would be better off using open-source though. For 
> finance, you need a robust kernel and a filesystem which resists bit-rot 
> to keep those records. There shouldn't be a need to back up data daily 
> for fear that your records will corrupt (even though it is still clearly 
> smart to do so). Similarly, in education, if the public system desires 
> removing all financial barriers to learning, doesn't it make sense to 
> run an operating system which can be deployed to even the most 
> affordable hardware at no performance penalty and prioritize the use of 
> software which can be downloaded at no charge? I've actually asked this 
> many times in the past and the answer has always been that maintaining 
> the Linux servers is more costly and time-consuming to the technicians. 
> I imagine that it is because the slightest change in configuration 
> causes chaos across the board.

First off, what happened to all those people who kept suggesting IBM was a 
"no brainer" when it sank?

Second, do you really think important databases run on MicroSlop? Windows 
might be the front-end, but I'm willing to bet that most corporations run 
SQL under Linux servers for their important records. You've heard of Oracle, 
right? (Not endorsing them, but they're the world's largest database 
company, I believe. They have their own "flavor" of Red Hat.)

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